Kosovo Between War & Peace

This book is a major new contribution to the specific debate about the reconstruction of Kosovo, and to the general discussion surrounding the revived 'trusteeship institution' model, in the context of the UN internationalism of the 1990s and the 'War Against Terror' following 9-11. Bringing together leading international scholars, such as Ole Waever, Mike Pugh, Mark Baskin and Arne Johan Vetlesen, this book presents the latest empirical research alongside detailed theoretical analysis. It also examines the key questions local parties and the international community have encountered in Kosovo, including how to develop effective and inclusive local government, how to counter crime and the dysfunctional aspects of liberal economic reform, how to construct an educational system, how to unite the partly opposed goals of reconstructing the province while avoiding renewed ethnic and international strife, and how to handle the specific challenge of Kosovo's future status. This is also a re-examination of the background factors that continue to influence and hamper the attempt to administrate and reconstruct the province, first of all the nationalist ideologies and the record of ethnic violence. This book will be of great interest to all students of Balkan politics, peacekeeping, international relations and security studies in general.