Comparative Southeast European Studies

1959 - 2025

Current editor(s): Sabine Rutar

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Volume 71, issue 4, 2023

Everyday Ethnicity and Popular Responses to Nation-Building Projects in Moldova After 1989 pp. 465-487

Negură Petru and Suveica Svetlana

Popular Sentiments and Political Failures: Understanding the Disintegration of the Republic of Moldova, 1989–1990 pp. 488-516

Solonari Vladimir

Mobilising the Masses: Explaining the Rapid Rise of Worker Activism in Transnistria in the Late 1980s pp. 517-545

Harrington Keith

Widening “Ground-Up” Nationalism: Some Reflections on Religion and Gender in the Republic of Moldova pp. 546-564

Cash Jennifer

Wine as a “Cultural Product”? Ethnographic Notes on Work and Nationhood in the Republic of Moldova pp. 565-584

Ana Elena-Daniela

Z-Propaganda and Semiotic Resistance: Contesting Russia’s War Symbols in Moldova and Beyond pp. 585-616

Marandici Ion

Boris Pahor’s Urban Miniature: Conducting the City as an Open-Ended Score pp. 617-630

Solioz Christophe

Dora Komnenović: Reading between the Lines: Reflections on Discarded Books and Sociopolitical Transformations in (Post-)Yugoslavia pp. 631-633

Vukliš Vladan

Arben Hajrullahu and Anton Vukpalaj: Forging Kosovo: Between Dependence, Independence, and Interdependence pp. 634-636

Bekaj Armend

Muamer Džananović, Jasmin Medić, and Hikmet Karčić: Nastanak Republike Srpske: od regionalizacije do strateških ciljeva (1991–1992) pp. 637-639

Nurkić Benjamin

Dimitri A. Stavropoulos: The Irregular Pendulum of Democracy: Populism, Clientelism and Corruption in Post-Yugoslav Successor States pp. 640-642

Spasojević Dušan

Volume 71, issue 3, 2023

Accession Twenty Years On – Experiences, Expectations and Effects on the European Union: Introductory Remarks pp. 265-271

Inotai András

Hungary in the European Union – Cooperation, Peacock Dance and Autocracy pp. 272-299

Éltető Andrea and Szemlér Tamás

Physically Present but Spiritually Distant: The View of the European Union in Poland pp. 300-332

Polak Aleksandra, Christopher Hartwell and Sidło Katarzyna W.

Romania: A Case of Differentiated Integration into the European Union pp. 333-356

Oehler-Șincai Iulia Monica

The Future of Slovakia and Its Relation to the European Union: From Adopting to Shaping EU Policies pp. 357-387

Mokrá Lucia and Kováčiková Hana

The Slovenian Perception of the EU: From Outstanding Pupil to Solid Member pp. 388-411

Bučar Maja and Udovič Boštjan

“Symphonia”? A New Patriarch Attempts to Redefine Church–State Relations in Serbia pp. 412-433

Aleksov Bojan and Lackenby Nicholas

The Age of Skin and the Epoch of an Author: A Eulogy to Dubravka Ugrešić pp. 434-447

Matijević Tijana

Iva Vukušić: Serbian Paramilitaries and the Breakup of Yugoslavia. State Connections and Patterns of Violence pp. 448-450

Petrović Vladimir

Jacqueline Nieβer: Die Wahrheit der Anderen: Transnationale Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung in Post-Jugoslawien am Beispiel der REKOM Initiative pp. 451-453

Dragović-Soso Jasna

Lana Bastašić: Mann im Mond. Erzählungen pp. 454-456

Voss Christian

Julianne Funk, Nancy Good and Marie E. Berry: Healing and Peacebuilding after War. Transforming Trauma in Bosnia and Herzegovina pp. 457-460

Nießer Jacqueline

Jasmina Tumbas: “I am Jugoslovenka!” Feminist Performance Politics during and after Yugoslav Socialism pp. 461-464

Jakiša Miranda

Volume 71, issue 2, 2023

Postsocialist Statuary Politics in Romania and Bulgaria: An Ambivalent Socialist Heritage pp. 147-168

Preda Caterina

A Supporter in Vienna: Simon Wiesenthal and the War in Bosnia pp. 169-189

Karčić Hamza

How Bosnia and Herzegovina Was Bordered: The Supervised Making of a Border/Mobility Assemblage in the European Semiperiphery pp. 190-209

Jansen Stef

Mechanisms of Dominance: Understanding 30 Years in Power of Montenegro’s Democratic Party of Socialists pp. 210-236

Laštro Claudia, Bieber Florian and Marović Jovana

What Do Moldovans Think of and How Do They Talk about the Russian Aggression against Ukraine? Prolegomena for Qualitative Inquiry pp. 237-251

Negură Petru

Balázs Apor and John Paul Newman: Balkan Legacies: The Long Shadow of Conflict and Ideological Experiment in Southeastern Europe pp. 252-254

Ramšak Jure

Christophe Solioz: Viva La Transición: The Balkans from the Post-Wall Era to Post-Crisis Future pp. 255-256

Keil Sören

Tarik Jusić, Manuel Puppis, Laia Castro Herrero and Davor Marko: Up in the Air? The Future of Public Service Media in the Western Balkans pp. 257-260

Vozab Dina

Peter Wegenschimmel: Zombiewerften oder Hungerkünstler? Staatlicher Schiffbau in Ostmitteleuropa nach 1970 pp. 261-263

Berger Stefan

Volume 71, issue 1, 2023

Tackling and Regulating Disasters. An Introduction pp. 1-11

Tzaneva Elya

Local Reflections on the Chernobyl Disaster 35 Years Later: Peripheral Narratives from Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, and Bulgaria pp. 12-31

Erolova Yelis and Tsyryapkina Yulia

Atomic Atlantis: Ethnography of Settled Villages pp. 32-47

Saveleva Tatyana V. and Danilenko Natalia B.

Breaking the Carbon Lock-In Effect in Post-disaster Rebuilding: A Case Study of a Wenchuan Earthquake-Stricken City in China pp. 48-73

Jiang Wei

Migration Strategies and Human-Made Disasters: Considering Tajik Migration Policy Initiatives in Tashkorgan from the Perspective of Disaster Anthropology pp. 74-95

Phuong Nguyen Tram Thi

How Local Communities Overcome Disaster and Crisis pp. 96-118

Maeva Mila

Energy Security Challenges and Opportunities for the Country of Georgia pp. 119-133

Norberto Pignatti

Lea Ypi: Free: Coming of Age at the End of History / Margo Rejmer: Mud Sweeter than Honey. Voices of Communist Albania pp. 134-137

Voß Christian

Hikmet Karčić: Torture, Humiliate, Kill. Inside the Bosnian Serb Camp System pp. 138-140

Vukušić Iva

Carsten Stahn, Carmel Agius, Serge Brammertz and Colleen Rohan: Legacies of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: A Multidisciplinary Approach pp. 141-144

Radončić Mina

Danilo Mandić: Gangsters and Other Statesmen. Mafias, Separatists and Torn States in a Globalized World pp. 145-146

Stojarová Věra

Volume 70, issue 4, 2022

Making Sense of Archives: An Introduction pp. 567-584

Lučić Iva

Archives of Mass Violence: Understanding and Using ICTY Trial Records pp. 585-607

Vukušić Iva

Photographic Archives and the Anthropology of Communism in Albania pp. 608-641

Gilles de Rapper

The Franciscan Order of Things: Empire, Community, and Archival Practices in the Monasteries of Ottoman Bosnia pp. 642-666

Sekulić Ana

Understanding Colonial Archives: Reflections on Records from Habsburg Times in the Archives of Bosnia and Herzegovina pp. 667-685

Kasumović Amila

Welfare States and Covid-19 Responses: Eastern versus Western Democracies pp. 686-721

Nikolova Kristina and Bejan Raluca

Side Effects of “Phantom Pains”: How Bulgarian Historical Mythology Derails North Macedonia’s EU Accession pp. 722-739

Brunnbauer Ulf

Tibor Valuch: Everyday Life Under Communism and After: Lifestyle and Consumption in Hungary, 1945–2000 pp. 740-742

Gille Zsuzsa

Neven Andjelic: Covid-19, State-Power and Society in Europe: Focus on Western Balkans pp. 743-745

Marandici Ion

Jelena Džankić: The Global Market for Investor Citizenship. Politics of Citizenship and Migration pp. 746-747

Přívara Andrej

Tatjana Sekulić: The European Union and the Paradox of Enlargement: The Complex Accession of the Western Balkans pp. 748-749

Glinka Kamil

Volume 70, issue 3, 2022

Conflicts and Global Powers in the Eastern Mediterranean. An Introduction pp. 393-413

Axt Heinz-Jürgen

The Eastern Mediterranean Energy Bonanza: A Piece in the Regional and Global Geopolitical Puzzle, and the Role of the European Union pp. 414-438

Badarin Emile and Schumacher Tobias

United States Policy in the Eastern Mediterranean pp. 439-461

Yegin Mehmet

Russia under Putin in the Eastern Mediterranean: The Soviet Legacy, Flexibility, and New Dynamics pp. 462-485

Gasimov Zaur

The Dragon Reaches the Eastern Mediterranean: Why the Region Matters to China pp. 486-515

Bastian Jens

Turkey and the Major Powers in the Eastern Mediterranean Crisis from the 2010s to the 2020s pp. 516-539

Bardakçı Mehmet

Big (Crisis) Data in Refugee and Migration Studies – Case Study of Ukrainian Refugees pp. 540-553

Jurić Tado

Emanuela Grama: Socialist Heritage: The Politics of Past and Place in Romania pp. 554-556

Radović Srdjan

Tomasz Kamusella: Ethnic Cleansing During the Cold War. The Forgotten 1989 Expulsion of Turks from Communist Bulgaria pp. 557-560

Karakusheva Slavka

Andrew Gilbert: International Intervention and the Problem of Legitimacy: Encounters in Postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina pp. 561-563

Belloni Roberto

Georgi Gospodinov: Time Shelter pp. 564-566

Voß Christian

Volume 70, issue 2, 2022

The Long Shadow of the 1999 Kosovo War pp. 181-188

Bieber Florian

The 1999 NATO Intervention from a Comparative Perspective: An Introduction pp. 189-201

Ristić Katarina and Satjukow Elisa

Shared Victimhood: The Reporting by the Chinese Newspaper the People’s Daily on the 1999 NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia pp. 202-223

Zhou Yuguang

United against “The Horsemen of the Apocalypse” and “The Chessmen of the Devil”. The Greek–Serbian Friendship during the 1999 NATO Intervention in Yugoslavia pp. 224-245

Fotiadis Ruža

From Kosovo Rush to Mass Atrocities’ Hush. German Debates since Unification pp. 246-266

Hering Robin and Stahl Bernhard

Securitising the Present through the Prism of the Past: State-Building and the Legacy of Interventions in Kosovo and Serbia pp. 267-288

Distler Werner

The Making of 24 March. Commemorations of the 1999 NATO Bombing in Serbia, 1999–2019 pp. 289-309

Satjukow Elisa

The End of Silencing? Dealing with Sexualized Violence in the Context of the Kosovo Conflict (1998/99–2019) pp. 310-336

Zeidler Kathleen

A Battle for Remembrance? Narrating the Battle of Košare/Koshare in Belgrade- and Pristina-Based Media pp. 337-357

Jovanović Jelena

Vitamin Sea against Corruption: Informality and Corruption through the Interdisciplinary Lens: The Regensburg Corruption Cluster. A Workshop on the Island of Cres, Croatia, 23–30 September 2021 pp. 358-378

Buchenau Klaus, Frey Barbara, Jović Jovana, Lecić Miloš, Matković Damjan and Olaru Vasile Mihai

Afrim Krasniqi: Kriza e ambasadave. Shqipëria në vitin 1990 pp. 379-381

Idrizi Idrit

Nicolas Moll: Solidarity is More than a Slogan. International Workers Aid During and After the 1992–1995 War in Bosnia and Herzegovina pp. 382-384

Jurkat Kathrin

Alma Jeftić: Social Aspects of Memory: Stories of Victims and Perpetrators from Bosnia-Herzegovina pp. 385-387

Duraković Amina

Gorana Ognjenovic and Jasna Jozelic: Nationalism and the Politicization of History in the Former Yugoslavia pp. 388-391

Petrungaro Stefano

Volume 70, issue 1, 2022

“Corrective Intervention” versus “Unfinished Revolution”: Transitions by Reforma and the Military in Turkey and Greece pp. 1-23

Tzortzis Ioannis

The “Digital Turn” in Transitional Justice Research: Evaluating Image and Text as Data in the Western Balkans pp. 24-46

Kostovicova Denisa, Kerr Rachel, Sokolić Ivor, Fairey Tiffany, Redwood Henry and Subotić Jelena

Shrinking Transnistria. Trends and Effects of Demographic Decline in a De Facto State pp. 47-79

Crivenco Andrei and Sabine von Löwis

Working Class Women’s Activism in Socialist Yugoslavia: An Exploration of Archives from Varaždin, Croatia pp. 80-102

Bonfiglioli Chiara and Žerić Sara

The Good, the Bad, and the Needy: Discourses of Helpfulness after the 2020 Earthquakes in Croatia pp. 103-124

Kersten-Pejanić Roswitha

Forecasting Migration and Integration Trends Using Digital Demography – A Case Study of Emigration Flows from Croatia to Austria and Germany pp. 125-152

Jurić Tado

“My Dear Fatherland, When Will You Ever Flourish?” Recent Historical Literature on Georgia pp. 153-163

Hausmann Guido

Larissa Vetters: Prozesse des State Building in Bosnien-Herzegowina. Eine Verwaltungsethnographie pp. 164-166

Dippel Anne

Eric Gobetti: E allora le foibe? pp. 167-169

Wörsdörfer Rolf

Atdhe Hetemi: Student Movements for the Republic of Kosovo. 1968, 1981 and 1997 pp. 170-173

Nietsch Julia

Amra Šabić-El-Rayess with Laura L. Sullivan: The Cat I Never Named. A True Story of Love, War, and Survival pp. 174-176

Voß Christian and Qose Belfjore

Goran Musić: Making and Breaking the Yugoslav Working Class: The Story of Two Self-Managed Factories pp. 177-180

Rajković Ivan