State-society Relations in Yugoslavia, 1945-1992

The outbreak of war in the former Yugoslavia has brought issues of South Slav history and politics into the forefront of international diplomacy and the new media. Images of destruction and starvation in this fractured nation have captured the attention of policymakers and observers of foreign affairs. This volume draws on the work of many younger as well as renowned scholars in the field to investigate the roots of the current conflict as they were shaped and transformed during the communist period. United by their common focus on the evolving relationship between state and society, the papers in this volume provide a better understanding of the success and failures of the Yugoslav socialist state as well as the reasons for its violent demise.