The post-war reconstruction of Kosovo took the shape of a trusteeship-like international administration led by the United Nations Interim Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and partners. Large numbers of international staff were imported and entrusted with a mandate for nationbuilding according to the Western European civic-territorial model. Although this model has been perceived and promoted as an appropriate and desirable solution for multi-ethnic Kosovo, reconciliation between the ethnic communities, a prerequisite for the implementation of the proposed model, remains a serious challenge for the agents of UNMIK. A number of ambiguous and questionable solutions have been proposed, jeopardising the professional integrity of the international staff.
KEY WORDS: nation-building, migration, UNMIK, international community, Kosovo

The post-war reconstruction of Kosovo took the shape of a trusteeship-like international administration led by the United Nations Interim Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) and partners. Large numbers of international staff were imported and entrusted with a mandate for nationbuilding according to the Western European civic-territorial model. Although this model has been perceived and promoted as an appropriate and desirable solution for multi-ethnic Kosovo, reconciliation between the ethnic communities, a prerequisite for the implementation of the proposed model, remains a serious challenge for the agents of UNMIK. A number of ambiguous and questionable solutions have been proposed, jeopardising the professional integrity of the international staff.
KEY WORDS: nation-building, migration, UNMIK, international community, Kosovo

Adopting a historical perspective, the article discusses the politics of nation building in Socialist Yugoslavia and the dialectics between Yugoslav national identity and national identities developed in the Federation’s constitutive republics.
KEY WORDS: nation building, socialism, Yugoslavia

Adopting a historical perspective, the article discusses the politics of nation building in Socialist Yugoslavia and the dialectics between Yugoslav national identity and national identities developed in the Federation’s constitutive republics.
KEY WORDS: nation building, socialism, Yugoslavia

The thematic section The “Western Balkans”: Legacies, Practices, Policies and Identity Strategies vis-à-vis the Process of Nation Building resulted from a need of researchers from the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts who are participating in the project The Impact of Inter-Ethnic and Inter-Religious Factors on Peace and Stability in the Western Balkans (target research programme “Science for Peace and Security 2006–2010”) to articulate basic theoretical postulates that enable consistent and ideologically unburdened reflection on processes that are going on the in the “Western Balkans”

The thematic section The “Western Balkans”: Legacies, Practices, Policies and Identity Strategies vis-à-vis the Process of Nation Building resulted from a need of researchers from the Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts who are participating in the project The Impact of Inter-Ethnic and Inter-Religious Factors on Peace and Stability in the Western Balkans (target research programme “Science for Peace and Security 2006–2010”) to articulate basic theoretical postulates that enable consistent and ideologically unburdened reflection on processes that are going on the in the “Western Balkans”

Book Review is published on SLO pages.

Book Review is published on SLO pages.

Book Review is published on SLO pages.

Book Review is published on SLO pages.