Realigning Humanitarianism in the Balkans: From Cold War Politics to Neoliberal Ethics - Couverture souple

Brković, Čarna

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ISBN 10 : 025307522X ISBN 13 : 9780253075222

Editeur : Indiana University Press, 2026

Synopsis

During the Cold War, humanitarianism became the focus of intense debates among intellectuals, politicians, and diplomats from capitalist, socialist, and nonaligned countries about the boundaries between the political and nonpolitical. However, with the fall of socialism near the end of the twentieth century, these discussions over what humanitarianism is, what it could be, and what it ought to be were largely forgotten. Realigning Humanitarianism in the Balkans examines how the fall of socialism changed humanitarianism in the Balkan region, beginning with the work of the Yugoslav Red Cross within the Non-Aligned Movement in the 1970s and continuing with work in Montenegro by local organizations in a refugee camp between 2000 and 2018. Author Čarna Brković traces how humanitarian regimes of care and discipline, implemented by local staff, have become the main source of support and the main channel of sociocultural integration of displaced communities in the Balkans. Within these regimes, though, structural problems generate a profound sense of disappointment for both the humanitarians and the displaced people. By tracing the shifts in humanitarianism between the West, the East, and the South, Realigning Humanitarianism in the Balkans uncovers how the fall of state socialism shaped not only humanitarian practices but also how we analyze them—often in ways that have gone unnoticed.

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À propos de l'auteur

Čarna Brkovic is Professor of Cultural Studies and European Ethnology at the University of Mainz, Germany.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Indiana University Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 025307522X
• ISBN 13: 9780253075222
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
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