The Quest for Identity - Where Exactly are the Balkans? (And who is Willing to Admit it?)
The Quest for Identity - Where Exactly are the Balkans? (And who is Willing to Admit it?)

Summary/Abstract: Chaotic, violent, backward – this is how the Balkan region is often identified from outside. The term “Balkanization,” originally referring to the fragmentation of the region into a number of small states after the breakdown of the Ottoman and the Habsburg Empires in the early 20th century, has since been used to describe violent ethnic conflicts and unclear, morally shaky political situations. The Yugoslav war in the 1990’s, often referred to as the “war in the Balkans”, contributed to this view. No wonder that countries like Slovenia or Croatia prefer not to be called “Balkan” countries, thus contributing to the troubled Western picture of the Balkan region.[...]

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