and Balkan Europe
by IECOB & AIS Università di Bologna
This area collects information about a wide range of books, monographies and edited volumes concerning the countries and themes relevant to PECOB
Books about Central Eastern Europe and the Balkans
PECOB offers a significant number of books, mainly published by universities and scientific institutions.
The books here presented focus primarily on the economic, political and social transition in Central Eastern European countries and the Balkans since the 90s, and on those areas' influence on the widening Europe. Issues concerning gender relations, migrations, regional economic cooperation, religions, nationalism and national identities are broadly discussed. Many books also focus on the history of Eastern Europe, economics and regional cooperation in Central Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Literary works recently trasnlated from Eastern European languages are also included in this section. Some of the books are available for dowload.
Recently added books address issues such as Hungary in 1956, the demise of the Soviet Union, proceedings from a conference on cooperation in the Balkans, Yugoslavia and the 1968 events in Czechoslovakia.
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Rebuilding Leviathan
(published in: Jun, 2007)
Why do some governing parties limit their opportunistic behaviour and constrain the extraction of private gains from the state? This analysis of post-communist state reconstruction provides surprising answers to this fundamental question of party politics... -
Published & web resources
(published in: Apr, 2007)
This area gives access to a large collection of news resources, both printed and online, and offers information about academic journals, scholarly publications and books -
* The Co-operative Phenomenon in Estonia (in Italian)
(published in: Mar, 2007)
In Estonia the rapidity of the transition has changed the face of the country in less than ten years. After gaining independence from the Soviet Union , complete adherence to the principles of the free market economy was embraced, also in pursuance of the objectives indicated by the International Monetary Fund, such as liberalizing both domestic and foreign trade. -
Facing the past, facing the future - Confronting ethnicity and conflict in Bosnia and former Yugoslavia
(published in: Mar, 2007)
The articles in this book examine ways in which the past in Bosnia and in the region is being addressed, the post-war system of government and the challenges it poses for self-sustainability. Other contributions focus on the perception of Bosnia and the conflict in the West, particularly in North America. The contributions challenge the notion of rigid national belonging constituting a natural cause of confrontation. Instead, the articles demonstrate how Western perceptions and the legacy of the conflict have contributed to reconstruction without reconciliation. -
Post-Communist Transition in Europe and its Broader International Implications
(published in: Mar, 2007)
This book explores different issues that were part of the transition in Central and Eastern Europe and looks at the experiences and developments the whole continent went through in that period of time. -
Guida ai paesi dell'Europa centrale orientale e balcanica - Edizione 2003
A Politico-Economic Yearbook(published in: Mar, 2007)
The yearbook provides 22 Country Profiles from Russia to Turkey - including Greece, Cyprus, and the European Republics of the former Soviet Union- briefly describing the political, economic and international scene of each country and the chronology of the main events. This Guide is a reference book providing also critical analysis, and has been bringing the readers up-to-date year after year since 1998. -
From Gender to Nation
(published in: Mar, 2007)
The essays in this volume consider the significance of nation and gender in the context of post 1989 transitions in the former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia and in the context of post partition India. -
The Death of Tito, the Death of Yugoslavia
(published in: Mar, 2007)
Raif Dizdarevic wrote this book to stand out in a particular way for two reasons: first of all it is written by a bosnian author, and secondly, these memories cover a whole decade and not only the last phases that have precede the fall of the country. -
The Nationalism. Political Culture, Mediation and Conflict
(published in: Mar, 2007)
This book contributes new specific analyses to the debate on nationalism that has been central to the international academic debate for over a decade and is in many ways unique within the range of Italian publications on the subject. -
Guida ai paesi dell'Europa centrale orientale e balcanica - Edizione 2001
(published in: Mar, 2007)
La Guida riporta notizie su 22 Paesi ( dalla Russia alla Turchia, inclusa la Grecia, Cipro e tutte le Repubbliche europee della ex Unione Sovietica e dagli Stati baltici al mare Egeo) con dati macroeconomici, informazioni politiche, analisi sulle relazioni regionali e internazionali e una breve presentazione storica. -
Regional Cooperation, Peace Enforcement, and the Role of the Treaties in the Balkans
(published in: Jan, 2007)
More than ten years after the conclusion of the Dayton Accords, the treaty regimes pieced together by the international community to sustain a fragile peace in the Balkans after the disintegration of former Yugoslavia have begun to fray, but no comprehensive program for a new regional order has been crafted to replace them... -
Guida ai paesi dell'Europa centrale orientale e balcanica
(published in: Jan, 2007)
Unico volume di produzione interamente italiana dedicato all'Europa centro-orientale e balcanica, questo annuario è un'opera di consultazione essenziale, agile e precisa, preparata dai maggiori esperti del settore... -
The Nonconformists - Culture, Politics, and Nationalism in a Serbian Intellectual Circle, 1944–1991
(published in: Jan, 2007)
Serbia’s national movement of the 1980s and 1990s, the author suggests, was not the product of an ancient, immutable, and aggressive Serbian national identity; nor was it an artificial creation of powerful political actors looking to capitalize on its mobilizing power... -
Social Policy and International Interventions in South East Europe
(published in: Jan, 2007)
The volume investigates the role of international actors in the making of social policy in South East Europe. Introductory chapters on transnationalism and Europeanisation are followed by a series of nine linked case studies depicting research undertaken within the region. The book charts the variable influence that international actors such as formal organisations, non-governmental organisations, consulting companies and individual transnational policy entrepreneurs, have on key policy issues, including pensions, social protection, labour markets, and health. The authors conclude that welfare settlements are a complex product of historical and institutional legacies, the neo-liberal interventions of the World Bank, the emerging impact of the EU, and the crowded international arena resulting from war and post-war reconstruction agendas... -
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia
(published in: Jan, 2007)
From 1936 to 1938, journalist and novelist Rebecca West made three trips to Yugoslavia. Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey through Yugoslavia is a record of her travels...
PECOB: Portal on Central Eastern and Balkan Europe - University of Bologna - 117, c.so della Repubblica - Italy
