Politics and International Relations / Zed Books

National Identity in Serbia

The Vojvodina and a Multi-Ethnic Community in the Balkans Vassilis Petsinis, University of Tartu, Estonia This book analyses the evolution of Vojvodina’s identity over time and the unique pattern of ethnic relations in the province. Although approximately 25 ethnic communities live in Vojvodina, it is by no means a divided society. Vassilis Petsinis explores Vojvodina’s intercultural society and shows how this has facilitated the introduction of flexible and regionalized legal models for the management of ethnic relations in Serbia since the 2000s. He also discusses recent developments in the region, most notably the arrival of refugees from Syria and Iraq, measuring the impact that these changes have had on social stability in the province.

UK June 2021 • US June 2021 • 288 pages • 9 bw illus PB 9780755636815 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781788313735 ePub 9781788317085 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9781788317092 • £76.50 / $94.85 I.B. Tauris

The Albanian Bektashi

History and Culture of a Dervish Order in the Balkans Robert Elsie In this, his final book, Robert Elsie analyses the Albanian Bektashi and considers their role in the country’s history and society. Although much has been written on the Bektashi in Turkey, little has appeared on the Albanian branch of the sect. Robert Elsie considers the history and culture of the Bektashi, analyses writings on the order by early travellers to the region such as Margaret Hasluck and Sir Arthur Evans and provides a comprehensive list of tekkes (convents) and tyrbes (shrines) in Albania and neighbouring countries. Finally he presents a catalogue of notable Albanian Bektashi figures in history and legend. Previously published in HB 9781788315692 I.B. Tauris

The Post-Soviet Politics of Utopia

Russia Edited by Mikhail Suslov, University of Copenhagen, Denmark & Per-Arne Bodin, Stockholm University, Sweden More than 700 ‘utopian’ novels are published in Russia every year. These utopias – fantasy fiction, science fiction, alternative history – express very real Russian anxieties: be they territorial right-sizing, loss of imperial status or turning into a ‘colony’ of the West. Contributors to this innovative collection use these narratives to re-examine post-Soviet Russian political culture and identity. In the a variety of debates – including the rise of nationalism, right-wing populism, imperial revanchism, the complicated presence of religion in the public sphere and the function of language.

Women and Industry in the Balkans

The Rise and Fall of the Yugoslav Textile Sector Chiara Bonfiglioli, University College, Cork, Ireland Women's emancipation through productive labour was a key tenet of socialist politics in post-World War II Yugoslavia. The break-up of Yugoslavia in 1991 resulted in factory closures, forcing thousands of garment industry workers into precarious and often exploitative private-sector jobs. Drawing on more than 60 oral history interviews with former and current garment workers, as well as workplace periodicals and contemporary press material collected across Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Slovenia, Women and Industry in the Balkans charts the rise and fall of the post-socialist transition.

UK March 2021 • US March 2021 • 232 pages • 15 bw illus PB 9780755636006 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781784539603 ePub 9781838600761 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9781838600754 • £76.50 / $94.85

UK January 2021 • US January 2021 • 392 pages PB 9780755636464 • £28.99 / $39.95 ePub 9781788315715 • £81.00 / $101.01 ePdf 9781788315708 • £81.00 / $101.01

Language, Fiction and Fantasy in Modern process The Post-Soviet Politics of Utopia sheds crucial light onto I.B. Tauris

Power and Conflict in Russia’s Borderlands

The Post-Soviet Geopolitics of Dispute Resolution Helena Rytövuori-Apunen, Tampere Peace Research Institute Helena Rytövuori-Apunen draws on a range of empirical research and across separatist conflicts in Georgia (South Ossetia and Abkhazia), Moldova (Transnistria and Gagauzia) and Azerbaijan (Nagorno-Karabakh) and the 2014 annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. This book provides a balanced assessment and critique of the assumptions and misunderstandings that inform mainstream discussions, as well as placing the conflicts in their proper and complex historical contexts. At a time when there is an increasing tendency to view Russia as the source of all instability in Eastern Europe, Power and Conflict in Russia’s Borderlands unpicks the geopolitics of Russia.

UK March 2021 • US March 2021 • 344 pages PB 9780755635993 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781788311434 ePub 9781788316927 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9781788316934 • £76.50 / $94.85 I.B. Tauris

Armenia and Europe

Foreign Aid and Environmental Politics in the Post-Soviet Caucasus Pål Wilter Skedsmo, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway This ethnographic study, based on new primary research, looks at aid in the South Caucasus, and its role in Armenia’s relationship with Europe. In particular, Pål Wilter Skedsmo argues that the Aarhus Convention, which entitles citizens of Europe to access information and participation in decision-making in environmental matters such as infrastructure projects, has allowed Armenian citizens to adapt and control the direction of their country’s political future in various ways – whether through protest activism or legal challenges. Armenia and Europe is an essential case study for scholars of development.

UK March 2021 • US March 2021 • 376 pages PB 9780755636471 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781788312288 ePub 9781788317054 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9781788317061 • £76.50 / $94.85 I.B. Tauris UK May 2021 • US May 2021 • 280 pages PB 9780755636525 • £28.99 / $39.95 Previously published in HB 9781788311748 ePub 9781788315395 • £76.50 / $94.85 ePdf 9781788315401 • £76.50 / $94.85 I.B. Tauris