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  • The Legacy of Yugoslavia

    Politics, Economics and Society in the Modern Balkans

    Edited by Dr Othon Anastasakis, Adam Bennett, David Madden, Adis Merdzanovic ...
    What are the consequences of Yugoslavia's existence – and breakup – for the present? This book reflects on this very question, identifying and analysing the political legacies left behind by Yugoslavia through the prism of continuities and ruptures between the past and present of the area.After the collapse of Yugoslavia, it's former states adopted a nation-building process which opted to ... Read more

    $34.79 USD

  • Diaspora Engagement in Times of Severe Economic Crisis

    Greece and Beyond

    Edited by Othon Anastasakis, Manolis Pratsinakis, Foteini Kalantzi, Antonis Kamaras ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    How does a severe economic crisis impact on diaspora-homeland relations? The present volume addresses this question by exploring diaspora engagement in Greece during the protracted post-2009 eurozone crisis. In so doing, it looks at the crisis as a critical juncture in Greece’s relations with its nationals abroad. The contributors in this book explore aspects of diaspora engagement, including ... Read more

    $134.09 USD

  • The Greek Military Dictatorship

    Revisiting a Troubled Past, 1967–1974

    Edited by Katerina Lagos, Othon Anastasakis ...
    From 1967 to 1974, the military junta ruling Greece attempted a dramatic reshaping of the nation, implementing ideas and policies that left a lasting mark on both domestic affairs and international relations. Bringing together leading scholars from a range of disciplines, The Greek Military Dictatorship explores the junta’s attempts to impose authoritarian rule upon a rapidly modernizing country ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Balkan Legacies of the Great War

    Edited by Othon Anastasakis, David Madden, Elizabeth Roberts ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This is a rich yet succinct account of an underexplored story: the consequences of the Great War for the region which ignited it. It offers a fascinating tapestry: the collapse of Empires, the birth of Turkey and Yugoslavia, Greece as both victor and loser, Bulgaria's humiliating defeat; bitter memories, forced migrations, territorial implications and collective national amnesias. The legacies ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

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  • The Balkans

    A Short History

    by Mark Mazower ...
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    Throughout history, the Balkans have been a crossroads, a zone of endless military, cultural and economic mixing and clashing between Europe and Asia, Christianity and Islam, Catholicism and Orthodoxy. Subject to violent shifts of borders, rulers and belief systems at the hands of the world's great empires--from the Byzantine to the Habsburg and Ottoman--the Balkans are often called Europe's ... Read more

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