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The ECMI Library is an independent collection of books, journals, and grey literature of more than 3,000 items covering many aspects of minority issues. The highly specialized collection offers public access to a variety of materials in more than twenty languages on interethnic relations, language and cultural diversity issues and ethnic conflict in Europe.
The Library includes a useful reference section and a considerable number of published and unpublished reports, and is especially strong in the area of minority protection with regards to international law. The ECMI Library is also unique in that it includes an ever-growing number of annual reports of Ombudsman offices around the world, which provide insight into the human rights situation in many countries. Current periodical and newspaper subscriptions reflect the multidisciplinary nature of ECMI research, and reference services are provided both in-house and for the general public.
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| Author |
Mertus, Julie A. |
|---|---|
| Title | Kosovo: How Myths and Truths Started a War |
| Parallel title / Title of generic unit | |
| Subject | 1. Kosovo (Serbia)--History--Civil War, 1998- --Causes. |
| Publisher | Bereley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press |
| Year | 1999 |
| Pages | 378 |
| Description | The backbone of this work is a series of interviews conducted in Kosovo and Serbia proper in 1993-1995 and supplemented by subsequent interviews in Macedonia in 1996 and Kosovo in 1998. Apart from background interviews, which were conducted widely, the author focuses on Albanians and Serbs who were students in 1981. The layered use of interview, text, and interpretation provides a micro-examination of the development of identity in Kosovo. While a macro-examination of the history of Kosovo is valuable as well, a micro-analysis is needed if we are to understand how the telling of myths and truths started a war. Although tensions between Serbs and Albanians have long existed, the war in Kosovo was not preordained by ancient hatreds. Rather, the war was ignited by more recent storytelling. The goal of the methodology employed in this book is to shed light on the process of identity formation and to underscore the connection between a victimhood identity and the potential for conflict. |
| Type | Book |
| Note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Language | English |
| Series | |
| Identifier | 0520218655 |
| Call No. |
949.703 |
| Location |
Library |
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Norderstraße 59
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