Forging Kosovo: between dependence, independence, and interdependence

1. Local Perspectives on Dependence, Independence, and Interdependence in Europe's Newest State: An Introductory Remark2. State and Belonging: Collective Memory and Identity Formation in Post-War Kosovo3. "No Bodies-No Crimes": The Reburial Operations of the Serbian Forces in Kosovo in 19994. Cleavages: Explaining the Social Basis of the Political Conflict and Political Change in Kosovo5. Individual-Level Determinants of Civic and Political Participation in Kosovo6. The Relationship between Power-Dividing and Power-Sharing Institutions in Kosovo: The Correlation of Constitutional Review and Minority Veto7. Minorities in Societies Emerging from Conflict: Approaches in Accommodating and Integrating Non-majority Communities in Kosovo8. Making of a Country: Constitutional Identity in Practice9. Kosovo and the United Nations: An Unusual Relation10. The European Union's Relations with the Republic of Kosovo11. Representative Bureaucracy in Kosovo – a Friend or a Foe? 12. Education in Kosovo – a Struggle in Progress13. An Overview of Intimate Partner Violence against Women in Kosovo

In this book are presented and analysed local scholarly perspectives on contemporary political, legal and societal developments in Kosovo and how path-dependent historical legacies set in motion prior to and during the war for independence, coupled with dependence on and interdependence with external actors shaped society and institutions.