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Book SynopsisThis book examines the relationship between nationalism and the rise and fall of Yugoslavia under the rule of Josip Broz Tito. It deals particularly with the interactions between communist and intellectual elites. The authors analyze elites' initial enthusiasm about the Yugoslav federation and how, with time, they found themselves unable to suppress the nationalists in Yugoslavia. Other scholars have argued that, in a certain sense, Tito's Yugoslavia proved to be a hatchery for the nations that now compose Yugoslavia, making them ever closer to completeness. However, as the authors highlight in this study, this process was one of conflict. The personal role of Tito as an arbiter was essential, although, for the majority of his time in power, he did not act as a dictator. His departure was strongly felt in the 1980s, when ethnic entrepreneurial activity began to flourishand when ethnic and political relations had gone out of control. While a significant part of this book follows the chr
Trade ReviewThis is an interesting and insightful analysis focusing of the role political elites have played in the creation, maintenance and collapse of the Yugoslav federal state. Flere and Klanjšek offer a comprehensive and in-depth analysis which highlights the complex and contradictory nature of the Yugoslav state project. This book makes an important contribution to the wider scholarly literature on state formation, nationalism and the dissolution of complex state structures. -- Siniša Malešević, University College, Dublin
Table of ContentsCHAPTER 1: THE PROCESS OF FORMATION OF THE YUGOSLAV STATE AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II CHAPTER 2: COMMUNIST “DICTATORSHIPS” CHAPTER 3: WAS “TITO’S” YUGOSLAVIA TOTALITARIAN? CHAPTER 4: TITO’S “LETTER” INTERVENTION IN 1972 CHAPTER 5: DENOUEMENT: THE EIGHTIES CHAPTER 6: SECESSION, DISUNION, DISSOLUTION, CESSATION: BETWEEN THE LEGAL AND THE FACTUAL CHAPTER 7: THEORETICAL EXPLANATIONS OF THE DISSOLUTION OF ETHNICITIES AND NATIONALISM CHAPTER 8: THE ECHOES OF YUGOSLAVIA: HOW DID THE POST-YUGOSLAV STATES FARE AND DOES THE YUGOSLAV CASE HOLD ANY RELEVANCE IN THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT?
