Balkan babel: the disintegration of Yugoslavia from the death of Tito to the fall of Milošević

The fourth edition of this critically acclaimed work includes a new chapter, a new epilogue, and revisions throughout the book. Sabrina Ramet, a veteran observer of the Yugoslav scene, traces the steady deterioration of Yugoslavia's political and social fabric in the years since 1980, arguing that, while the federal system and multiethnic fabric laid down fault lines, the final crisis was sown in the failure to resolve the legitimacy question, triggered by economic deterioration, and pushed forward toward war by Serbian politicians bent on power - either within a centralized Yugoslavia or within an'ethnically cleansed'Greater Serbia. With her detailed knowledge of the area and extensive fieldwork, Ramet paints a strikingly original picture of Yugoslavia's demise and the emergence of the Yugoslav successor states. Frontmatter List of Abbreviations (page vii) Credits (page ix) Foreword (Ivo Banac, page xi) Preface to the fourth edition (page xvii) Map of Yugoslavia, 1946‒1991 (page xx) Map ofBosnia‐Herzegovina, September 1994 (page xxi) Map ofBosnia‐Herzegovina, February 1998 (page xxii) Part I Disintegration, 1980‒1991 (page 1) 1 Political Debate, 1980‒1986 (page 3) 2 The Gathering Storm, 1987‒1989 (page 26) 3 Brotherhood and Disunity, 1989‒1991 (page 49) Part II Religion and Culture (page 79) 4 The Catholic Church (page 81) 5 The Serbian Orthodox Church (page 100) 6 Islam (page 118) 7 Rock Music (page 127) Part III War and Transition (page 151) 8 Serbia and Croatia at War Again (page 153) 9 On Their Own: Slovenia and Macedonia Since 1991 (page 173) 10 The Struggle for Bosnia (page 203) 11 Repercussions of the War in Religion, Gender Relations, and Culture (page 253) Part IV Peace Without Rights? (page 275) 12 A Peace of Dayton (page 277) 13 Milošević, Kosovo, and the Principle of Legitimacy (page 306) 14 Serbia's Unending Crisis (page 337) Epilogue: The Legitimacy Problem (page 375) Anti‐bibliography: Reviewing the Reviews (page 391) About the Book and the Author (page 405) Index (page 407) The fourth edition of this critically acclaimed work includes a new chapter, a new epilogue, and revisions throughout the book. Sabrina Ramet, a veteran observer of the Yugoslav scene, traces the steady deterioration of Yugoslavia’s political and social fabric in the years since 1980, arguing that, while the federal system and multiethnic fabric laid down fault lines, the final crisis was sown in the failure to resolve the legitimacy question, triggered by economic deterioration, and pushed forward toward war by Serbian politicians bent on power—either within a centralized Yugoslavia or within an “ethnically cleansed” Greater Serbia. With her detailed knowledge of the area and extensive fieldwork, Ramet paints a strikingly original picture of Yugoslavia’s demise and the emergence of the Yugoslav successor states. Yugoslavia's would-be system-builders failed three times over to build a workable system. The underlying problem was their failure to resolve the problem of legitimacy. In the 1980s, economic deterioration pushed people to despair and, under the pressure of Serbia's ambitious political establishment, the country broke up along ethnic fault lines. This volume, now in its fourth expanded edition, tells the story of socialist Yugoslavia's troubles and the challenges facing its successor states from May 1980 to July 2001 "Sabrina Ramet, a veteran observer of the Yugoslav scene, traces the steady deterioration of Yugoslavia's political and social fabric in the years since 1980, arguing that, whatever the complications entailed in the national question, the final crisis was triggered by economic deterioration, shaped by the federal system itself, and pushed forward toward war by Serbian politicans bent on power - either within a centralized Yugoslavia or within an "ethnically cleansed" greater Serbia."--BOOK JACKET. Political debate, 1980-1986 The gathering storm, 1987-1989 Brotherhood and disunity, 1989-1991 The Catholic Church The Serbian Orthodox Church Islam Rock music Serbia and Croatia at war again On their own : Slovenia and Macedonia since 1991 The struggle for Bosnia The repercussions of the war in religion, gender relations, and culture Peace of Dayton Miloevi, Kosovo, and the principle of legitimacy Serbia's unending crisis.