Researching Yugoslavia and its Aftermath

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Brotherhood and (Dis)Unity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Dissonance of Yugoslav Partisan Past in the Recent Revisionist Methodologies

      • Gal Kirn

      Pages 3-21

   3. Researching the Goli Otok Camp

      • Martin Previšić

      Pages 23-46

   4. Researching ‘the Lost Decade’ of New Belgrade

      • Jelena Prokopljević

      Pages 47-65

   5. Positioning Oneself While Researching Yugoslavia: The Context of Self-Reflection and Introspection

      • Senija Čaušević

      Pages 67-88

   6. Stranci: Political Research and Language Learning in the Former Yugoslavia

      • Daniela Lai

      Pages 89-107

   7. Digging for the Truth: Archival Bias in the Case of Yugoslavia

      • Branislav Radeljić

      Pages 109-129

3. Dissolution and After

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131

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   2. ‘Discovering’ Yugoslavia in Post-socialism: The Intrinsic and Extrinsic Limits to Researching an Unusual Historical Creation

      • Milivoj Bešlin

      Pages 133-154

   3. Extending Slovene Independence: Outlining the Global Through Local Fieldwork

      • Carlos González-Villa

      Pages 155-181

   4. The Benefits of Frame Analysis to Understanding Yugoslavia and Beyond

      • Beáta Huszka

      Pages 183-204

   5. A Proposal for a Qualitative Analysis of the Media Discourse on the Bombing of Yugoslavia

      • Laura Pérez Rastrilla

      Pages 205-222

   6. Macedonian Nation Between Self-Identity and Euro-Atlantic Integration: Implications of the Agreements with Bulgaria and Greece

      • Mitko B. Panov, Ruzhica Cacanovska, Maja Angelovska-Panova

      Pages 223-252

   7. The Call Is Coming from Inside the House: Researching Race After Yugoslavia in ‘Post-post-Racial’ Times

      • Catherine Baker

      Pages 253-272

4. Back Matter

   Pages 273-282

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In Researching Yugoslavia and its Aftermath, a common thread is the authors’ path through the time and space context in which fieldwork has taken place. Accordingly, this collection tackles problems that have always existed but have not been dealt with in a single volume. In particular, it examines a range of methodological questions arising from the contributors’ shared concerns, and thus the obstacles and solutions characterising the relationship between researchers and their objects of study. Being an interdisciplinary project, this book brings together highly regarded historians, sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, cultural and social theorists, as well as experts in architecture and communication studies. They share a belief that the awareness of the researcher’s own position in fieldwork is a precondition of utmost significance to comprehend the evolution of objects of study, and hence to ensure transparency and ultimate credibility of the findings. Moreover, the contributors come from diverse backgrounds, including authors from the former Yugoslavia and others who have made their way to the region after starting their research careers; some from universities in the area, others from institutions in the Global North. Here, they explore cross-cutting issues such as the repercussions of gender, nationality, institutional affiliation and the consequences of their entry into the field. This is examined in terms of the results of the research and the ethical aspect of the relationship with the object of study, as well as the implications of the chosen time framework in the methodological design and the clash between this decision and the interests of the actors studied.

• Southeastern Europe
• Former Yugoslavia
• Balkan Studies
• Qualtitative Methodology
• Research Methodology in Political Science
• Post-Cold War Conflicts
• Yugoslav History
• Biased Historical Reconstruction
• area studies
• citizenship

• Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey

  Branislav Radeljić

• University of Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, Spain

  Carlos González-Villa

Branislav Radeljić is Professor of International Relations at Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, and Visiting Professor of European Politics at Antonio de Nebrija University, Madrid. He is the author and editor of numerous publications dealing with European Union, East European and Western Balkan political and socioeconomic developments. 

Carlos González-Villa is Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Toledo, and Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies of Southeastern Europe at the University of Rijeka. His main research interests focus on the post-Yugoslav space and US foreign policy. He has held visiting fellowships at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Ljubljana. 

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