Gendered Memory and Mass Violence: Rwanda, Bosnia, and the Holocaust
A more nuanced discussion of women’s experiences during mass violence from all angles and perspectives, victim, perpetrator, rescuer, and combatants is vital to understanding mass violence.
On the Margins of EU-rope: Colonial Violence at the Bosnian-Croatian Frontier
Conventional practices of EU bordering can be questioned as being directly connected with the colonial codification of difference between worthy and unworthy peoples.
Tears and Laughter: Affective Failure and Mis/recognition in Feminist IR Research
No one knows how or to what extent affect and failure will enter your research. So it may be reassuring to know that affect failure is not a failure of research practice.
What Might Have Been Lost: Fieldwork and the Challenges of Translation
The only stories that are possible to be told are the translations of ours or our interlocutors’ experiences located in particular places and in particular times.
Review – After Ethnic Conflict
An insightful account of persisting ethnic divisions in the power-sharing institutions and broader post-conflict political context of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia.
The Permanent Interim: Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Ongoing Educational Crisis
The continuation of “us” vs. “them” policies that marginalize minorities cannot bode well for a fragile country’s future. Education should be seen as a security issue.
Citizenship in the Post-Yugoslav States: States, Nations, Rights
In the post-Yugoslav laboratory, different aspects of the regulation of membership have been adapted to strengthen the rule of an ethnic community or political faction.
EU Conditionality: An Effective Means for Policy Reform?
The cases of Latvia and Bosnia & Herzegovina demonstrate that the effectiveness of the EU External Incentives Model has dramatically reduced since the enlargements of 2004 and 2007.
Review – Citizenship after Yugoslavia
The demise of Yugoslavia gave rise to the creation of new nation-states, whose emerging ‘citizenship regimes’ are analysed in this collection to ascertain their origins and shortcomings.
