Embracing Democracy in the Western Balkans offers a comparative, cross-regional study of the politics and economics of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo, and Albania from 1999 to the present. It was during this period that the first wave of post-communist regime transition ended and the region became more deeply involved in the challenges of democratic consolidation. Lenard J. Cohen and John R. Lampe explore the legacies of communist rule, the impact of incentives and impediments on reform, and the magnetic pull of European Union accession. The authors ask whether the Western Balkans are embracing democracy by creating functional, resilient institutions-governmental, administrative, journalistic, and economic-and fostering popular trust in the legitimacy of those institutions.
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Impressively researched, well-written, carefully documented and closely reasoned. Survival Cohen and Lampe analyze the unsteady path toward democracy in the western Balkans... In a welcome change from convention, the book is structured around thematic chapters rather than country case studies. The topics include constitutional structures, public administration, civil society, political parties, economic reform, social structure, and popular values... The book is written in a clear, accessible style... A valuable overview for advanced students, and will be required reading for any government or nongovernmental organization official venturing into the Balkans. Choice An impressive achievement that offers a valuable resource for specialists and non-specialists seeking a detailed survey of the region in the post-2000 era. It also advances a growing effort to incorporate the Western Balkans into the subfield of comparative politics and democratization literature. -- Andrew Konitzer Europe-Asia Studies
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 40 mm
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978-1-4214-0382-3 (9781421403823)
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Lenard J. Cohen is a professor of international studies at Simon Fraser University and author of Serpent in the Bosom: The Rise and Fall of Slobodan Milosevic. John R. Lampe is a professor of history at the University of Maryland. He is a Senior Scholar and the former Director of East European Studies at the Woodrow Wilson Center and author of Yugoslavia as History: Twice There Was a Country.
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Simon Fraser University
University of Maryland
Preface
Part I: Conceptual Foundations
1. Geriatric Mental Health Care in the Twenty-first Century
2. Concepts Underlying Geriatric Mental Health Care
Part II: A Clinical Guide
3. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
4. Interviewing and Developing an Alliance
5. Age-Related Changes in Cognition in Later Life
6. Cognitive Impairment in Older Persons
7. Alzheimer Disease
8. Other Dementias
9. Managing the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
10. Mood Disorders
11. Anxiety Disorders
12. Schizophrenia in Later Life
13. Alcohol Abuse, Substance Abuse, and Medication Mismanagement
14. Other Psychiatric Disorders and Behavioral Conditions
15. Family Caregiving
Part III: Special Clinical Issues
16. Assessing the Capacity of Older Persons
17. Elder Abuse
18. Violent Deaths
19. Disasters and Terrorism
20. End-of-Life Care
21. Geriatric Mental Health Policies
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