Südost Europa, vol. 55, n° 1, 2007
La revue allemande Südost Europa publiée par le Südost-Institut de Munich a sorti son nouveau numéro. Je vous en donne ici le sommaire ainsi que les résumés des contributions :
Südost Europa, vol. 55, n° 1, 2007
- p. 1-25 : Susan L. WOODWARD, "Does Kosovo's Status Matter ? On the International Management of Statehood"
The paper addresses three separate questions: the consequence of policies to manage the Kosovo question since September 1991; current alternatives and prospects in the definition of status, and recommendations for a policy of post-status transition. The current Proposal for a Kosovo Status Settlement is based on a set of compromises that could make the situation even more uncertain and make a solution difficult to reach. The article argues that there is a deep and inescapable tension in the most recent steps on status which needs to be recognized to escape the new stalemate that is being created.
- p. 26-69 : Sabrina P. RAMET, "The Dissolution of Yugoslavia: Competing Narratives of Resentment and Blame"
Serbs, Croats, Kosovar Albanians, and Bosniaks remember the past differently and, although there are differences of historical memory within each group, one can speak of there being a dominant but evolving historical narrative among each of these national groups. This diversity of historical memory creates resources which may be tapped by ambitious leaders. In accounting for the Yugoslavia meltdown, however, one may identify three necessary conditions which were fulfilled: widespread discontent (itself reflecting system illegitimacy and economic deterioration), fracture lines along which the country might be dissolved, and leaders prepared to exploit discontent for their own purposes.
- p. 70-106 : Marie-Janine CALIC, "Ethnic Cleansing and War Crimes, 1991-1995"
During the Yugoslav Wars of succession as many of three millions people were displaced in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina by "ethnic cleansing" - a systematic policy of forced population transfer, based on the identification of target groups by ethnic, national, and religious characteristics. In some cases, "ethnic cleansing" was aimed at the physical destruction of an ethnic community (for instance, in Srebrenica), and yet, "ethnic cleansing" does not constitute in and of itself a genocid act. Until today, causes and interpretations of "ethnic cleansing", as well as the total number of victims remain highly controversial and politicaly charged.
- p. 107-117 : Julie MERTUS, "Findings from Focus Group Research on Public Perceptions of the ICTY"
Our research suggests continuing difficulties faced by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in establishing its legitimacy in the states over which it exercices oversight. Only some of these problems derive from pre-existing political orientations in support of the parties which organized and carried out violations of international humanitarian law. Other problems are more closely related to the ICTY's own procedures, to a lack of charity regarding the purposes of the ICTY, and to the issue of communication between the ICTY and its local publics.
- p. 118-144 : Alina MUNGIU-PIPPIDI, "Hijacked Modernization : Romanian Political Culture in the 20th Century"
In the context of this article, political culture consists of the prevalent elite social representations of the political order and the norms derived from them. The article discusses the legacy of economic underdevelopment and the unfinished process of modernization of the Romanian society as the major determinants of contemporary Romanian political culture. A look at the evolution of the most important social representations held by intellectuals throughout the 20th century may provide some clues about the internal reasons for the failure of modernization.
