Western intervention in the Balkans : the strategic use of emotion in conflict

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Western intervention in the Balkans : the strategic use of emotion in conflict

Title remainder

the strategic use of emotion in conflict

Statement of responsibility

Roger D. Petersen

Title variation

Strategic use of emotion in conflict

Creator

• Petersen, Roger Dale, 1959-
• Petersen, Roger Dale, 1959-

Author

• Petersen, Roger Dale, 1959-
• Petersen, Roger Dale, 1959-

Subject

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Armed Forces -- Balkan Peninsula
• Operation Allied Force, 1999 -- Psychological aspects
• Balkan Peninsula -- History -- 1989-
• Balkan Peninsula -- Politics and government -- 1989-
• Kosovo War, 1998-1999 -- Participation, Foreign
• Kosovo War, 1998-1999 -- Psychological aspects

Language

eng

Summary

Conflicts involve powerful experiences. The residue of these experiences is captured by the concept and language of emotion. Indiscriminate killing creates fear; targeted violence produces anger and a desire for vengeance; political status reversals spawn resentment; cultural prejudices sustain ethnic contempt. These emotions can become resources for political entrepreneurs. A broad range of Western interventions are based on a view of human nature as narrowly rational. Correspondingly, intervention policy generally aims to alter material incentives ('sticks and carrots') to influence behavior. In response, poorer and weaker actors who wish to block or change this Western implemented 'game' use emotions as resources. This book examines the strategic use of emotion in the conflicts and interventions occurring in the Western Balkans over a twenty-year period. The book concentrates on the conflicts among Albanian and Slavic populations (Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, South Serbia), along with some comparisons to Bosnia

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• Cambridge studies in comparative politics
• Online access with JISC subscription agreement: ACLS Humanities E-Books

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MiU

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illustrations

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• theses
• bibliography

Series statement

Cambridge studies in comparative politics