The Spectre of Balkanism: Globalisation, Fragmentation and the Enigma of Reconstruction in Post-Communist Society; C.Schierup Memorandum for Modernity? Socialist Modernisers, Re-Traditionalisation, and the Rise of Ethnic Nationalism; C.Schierup Distant Proximities: Modern Authoritarian Ethnocracy, the Balkanization of Political Space and the Political Economy of International Relations; I.Ivekovic The 'Abnormal' Economy of Bosnia and Herzegovina; V.Bojicic & M. Kaldor Lunching With Killers: Aid, Security and the Balkan Crisis; M.Duffield Nothing from Nothing is Nothing: Privatization, Price Liberalization, and Poverty in the Yugoslav Successor States; B.Young Globalisation, Governance and the Political Economy of Transition; B.Likic References Notes Index

This is a timely collection of high quality contributions which advances our understanding of the rise of 'authoritarian ethnocracies' in the Balkan region, and ties that project firmly to the development of theories of globalization. Ethnic and Racial Studies