{"product_id":"the-improvised-state-isbn-9781444336993","title":"The Improvised State","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Improvised State\u003c\/i\u003e provides a highly developed account of the nature and outcomes of Bosnian state practices since the Dayton Peace Agreement. Jeffrey presents new and significant theories, based on extensive fieldwork in Bosnia, which advance understanding of state building.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a major contribution to recent academic debates as to the nature of the state after violent conflict, and offers invaluable insights into state building \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces the idea of state improvisation, where improvisation refers to a process of \u003ci\u003eboth\u003c\/i\u003e performance and resourcefulness \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eUses the theoretical framework of Pierre Bourdieu to explore how powerful agencies have attempted to present a coherent vision of Bosnia and Herzegovina following the conflict 1992-5 \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdvances our understanding of the Bosnian state by focusing on the practices of statecraft fostered in the post-Dayton era \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eResearch based on four periods of residential fieldwork in Bosnia, which allowed a detailed analysis of political practices in the country \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  List of Figures ix  \u003cp\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 States, Performance and Improvisation 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Towards a Political Anthropology of the Bosnian State 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Critical Geopolitics and Qualitative Research Strategy 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Structure of the Book 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The Improvised State 20\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 The State Idea 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Performance and Performativity 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Improvisation: Performed Resourcefulness 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Improvising the State 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Producing Bosnia and Herzegovina 41\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Fault Line 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Barrier 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 The Balkan Vortex 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 The General Framework Agreement for Peace 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Conclusion 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Performing Brèko District 72\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Brèko District and Arbitration 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Stability: Getting the Job Done 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Security: Constructing Legality 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Neutralization: Making People Think 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Conclusion 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Gentrifying Civil Society 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Building Civil Society 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Social Capital: The Autonomy of Civil Society 115\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Cultural Capital: ‘Don ’ t Just Ask for Another Copy Machine!’ 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Beyond Gentrified Civil Society: Roma and Mjesne Zajednice 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Conclusion 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Enacting Justice 132\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Spaces of Justice 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Contesting the State 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Enrolling Civil Society 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Conclusion 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Becoming European 156\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Europeanization and the State 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Nested Balkanism 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Conclusion 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Conclusion 169\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 197\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“I really enjoyed the book. It provides an empirically-rich, methodology-cally-rigorous and conceptually-grounded account of the state ‘in action’. It should prove to be essential reading for all those social scientists interested in the state but will also provide inspiration for all those interested in political geography, understandings of power and notions of performance.”  (\u003ci\u003eCultural Geographies\u003c\/i\u003e, 27 December 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Jeffrey\u003c\/b\u003e is a University Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Cambridge. His research has focused on the governance of post-conflict environments, particularly the former Yugoslavia, and the role of non-governmental organizations in fostering democracy. He is co-author, together with Joe Painter, of \u003ci\u003ePolitical Geography: An Introduction to Space and Power\u003c\/i\u003e (2009) and with Anoop Nayak on \u003ci\u003eGeographical Thought: An Introduction to Ideas in Human Geography\u003c\/i\u003e (2011).\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eOver the past 15 years, Bosnia and Herzegovina has served as a laboratory of techniques to re-establish state sovereignty and promote democracy. The post-conflict intervention in Bosnia has justifiably received great interest from political theorists and scholars of international relations who have explored the limitations of the institutions and policies of international intervention. This book begins from an alternative premise: rather than examining institutions or charting limitations, Jeffrey argues for a focus on the performance of state sovereignty in Bosnia as it has been practiced by a range of actors both within and beyond the Bosnian state. In focusing on the state as a process, he argues that Bosnian sovereignty is best understood as a series of improvisations that have attempted to produce and reproduce a stable and unified state. Based on four periods of residential fieldwork in Bosnia, \u003ci\u003eThe Improvised State\u003c\/i\u003e advances state theory through an illumination of the fragile and contingent nature of sovereignty in contemporary Bosnia and its grounding in the everyday lives of the Bosnian citizen.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“It provides an empirically-rich, methodologically-rigorous and conceptually-grounded account of the state ‘in action’. It should prove to be essential reading for all those social scientists interested in the state but will also provide inspiration for all those interested in political geography, understandings of power and notions of performance.” \u003ci\u003eProfessor Rhys Jones, Aberystwyth University, UK\u003c\/i\u003e (Cultural Geographies, January 2014, vol. 21 no. 1 165-166)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Consistently strong throughout its sections and chapters, Jeffrey has cemented his arguments with a good conceptual understanding, impressive fieldwork and primary research. \u003ci\u003eThe Improvised State\u003c\/i\u003e is an original contribution to both the theoretical and research fields of political geography and critical international relations scholarship.' — David Campbell, Honorary Professor, Durham University\/University of Queensland\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'In this persuasive book, Alex Jeffrey illuminates the central role of performance in the production of state power and demonstrates in fascinating detail why and how this is so—and with what effects. The argument is thoroughly researched, contextually sensitive, and crisply written. \u003ci\u003eThe Improvised State\u003c\/i\u003e is a compelling study for scholars, students, and practitioners working on state power, international organizations, and post-conflict societies, in Europe and elsewhere.' —Merje Kuus, University of British Columbia\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990263447781,"sku":"NP9781444336993","price":96.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781444336993.jpg?v=1761787115","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-improvised-state-isbn-9781444336993","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}