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Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Aims and organization of the volume -- Part I: Linguistic and interactional insights into intercultural relations -- Chapter 1: (Dis)agreeability in intercultural first conversations among Australian and Taiwanese university students -- Introduction -- Intercultural first conversations and sociopragmatic norms -- Data and method -- Disaffiliative responses to assessments in intercultural first conversations -- Discussion -- Concluding remarks -- Appendix: Transcription conventions (following Jefferson 2004) -- Chapter 2: Rapport management and microaggression in workplace interaction -- Introduction -- Excerpt 1 [Transcription conventions can be found at the end of the chapter.] -- Theoretical approach and concepts -- Microaggression -- Methodology and data -- Analysis -- Overview of the analysis -- Excerpt 24 -- Excerpt 3a -- Excerpt 3b -- Excerpt 4 -- Excerpt 55 -- Excerpt 6 -- Excerpt 7 -- Discussion -- Conclusion and implications -- Acknowledgements -- Appendix -- Chapter 3: Creating common ground and negotiating relationships in intercultural teamwork -- Introduction -- Common ground in intercultural interactions -- Common ground in teamwork -- Strategies for constructing common ground -- Methodology -- The data -- Perceptions of common ground -- Cultural diversity as fundamental difference -- Existing common ground at the beginning -- Strategies for creating common ground -- Identifying cultural commonalities -- Implications and conclusions -- Appendix -- Transcription key -- Chapter 4: Building Intercultural Relationships through Emails -- Introduction -- Literature review -- Conceptualizing intercultural interaction -- Managing relationships across cultures.

Examining two centuries of Balkan politics, from the emergence of nationalism to the retreat of Communist power in 1989, this is the first book to systematically argue that many of the region's problems are external in origin. A decade of instability in the Balkan states of southeast Europe has given the region one of the worst images in world politics. The Balkans has become synonymous with chaos and extremism. Balkanization, meaning conflict arising from the fragmentation of political power, is a condition feared across the globe. This new text assesses the key issues of Balkan politics, showing how the development of exclusive nationalism has prevented the region's human and material resources from being harnessed in a constructive way. It argues that the proximity of the Balkans to the great powers is the main reason for instability and decline. Britain, Russia, Austria-Hungary, France and finally the USA had conflicting ambitions and interests in the region. Russia had imperial designs before and after the 1917 Revolution. The Western powers sometimes tolerated these or encouraged undemocratic local forces to exercise control in order to block further Soviet expansion. Leading authority Tom Gallagher examines the origins of these Western prejudices towards the Balkans, tracing the damaging effects of policies based on Western lethargy and cynicism, and reassesses the negative image of the region, its citizens, their leadership skills and their potential to overcome crucial problems.