Thinking the Balkans Out of the Box

Download or read book Thinking the Balkans Out of the Box written by Christophe Solioz and published by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thinking the Balkans Out of the Box moves away from narrow and conventional, often state-centered, understandings of European integration and regional cooperation in relation to South East Europe. Based on case studies, common as well as specific features of integration and region-building are presented in the framework of "early", "old", "new" and "comparative regionalism" approaches seen as complementary rather than mutually exclusive. Using a long-term time horizon, these four waves are contextualised respectively in the post Second World War, Cold War, post-Cold War, and current Hypertext or Multiplex World Order. In the latter, integration and regionalisation become significantly more intertwined, heterogeneous, open, inclusive, comprehensive and multidimensional.