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Dejan Jovic  

Dr Dejan Jovic

Director, Centre for European Neighbourhood Studies

Lecturer in Politics

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email Email: dejan.jovic@stir.ac.uk
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About
Dejan Jovic joined the Department in September 2000, having been a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence. Born in Croatia, he graduated with degrees in Political Science from Zagreb (1990) and Ljubljana (MSc in 1994). In 1994 he moved to the United Kingdom where he obtained a MSc degree in Political Theory (at the University of Manchester, 1995) and a PhD at London School of Economics (1999). He is the author of "Yugoslavia: a State that Withered Away", a book published by Purdue University Press in 2009. Dr Jovic argues that the concept of “withering away of the state” – as it was implemented in Yugoslav political and legal system by its political elite in the post-war period (1945-1990) – was one of the main reasons for the collapse of Yugoslav socialist federation in 1992. Dr Jovic was a consultant for the Economist Intelligence Unit (2000-2004) and Transparency International (2003). From 2004 until 2006 he was a Special Advisor to Croatian Minister of Foreign Affairs. He is Director of the Centre for European Neighbourhood Studies.
Research and Publications

Dr Jovic is a Book Review Editor of the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies. He hosted workshops on 'Croatia after Tudjman: Confronting consequences of conflicts and authoritarianisms' (in February 2009), ‘Conflicting memories and mutual representations: Italy and the Balkans in 20th century’ (in March 2003) and on ‘European Union and Southeast Europe after 2004’ (in 2004). Dr Jovic is currently conducting research on former Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980). His publication record includes several journal articles and book chapters, published in UK, US, France, Germany, Italy, Hungary, Austria and the post-Yugoslav states:

Book:

Yugoslavia: A State that Withered Away, West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University Press, 2009. This book has been published in Croatian and Serbian language as “Jugoslavija, drzava koja je odumrla” (2003), Zagreb and Belgrade: Prometej and Samizdat B 92.

Edited books:

Slobodan Milosevic: Road to Power - The Eighth Session of the LCS Central Committee, Belgrade and Stirling: ICH and CENS (edited by Momcilo Pavlovic, Dejan Jovic and Vladimir Petrovic.

Edited Journals (Special Issues):

‘The Next Wave of Enlargement: the EU and Southeast Europe after 2004’, (with Graham Timmins), Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, Vol. 8, No. 1 (February 2006)

'Memories of Wars: Italy and her Eastern Adriatic Neighbours since 1989' (with Ilaria Favretto), Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, Vol 6, No 2 (August 2004).

'Nova generacija: postjugoslavenska akademska dijaspora', Rec, No. 70-16, 25-266. (September 2003)

Journal Articles:

'Vanjskopoliticki prioriteti Ujedinjenog Kraljevstva Velike Britanije i Sjeverne Irske i politika prema Hrvatskoj', Medjunarodne studije, Vol. 7., No. 3-4 (2007), 24-40.

'Hrvatska u socijalistickoj Jugoslaviji', Rec, No. 75/21, 61-98.

‘Croatia and the European Union: A long delayed journey’, Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, Vol. 8, No. 1 (February 2006)

‘The Macedonian-Albanian Political Frontier: the Re-articulation of post-Yugoslav Political Identities’, Nations and Nationalism, Vol 10, Part 3 (July 2004), 293-311. (co-authored with Kevin Adamson)

‘‘Official memories’ in post-authoritarianism: an analytical framework’, Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, Vol 6, No 2 (August 2004), 97-108.

‘The Disintegration of Yugoslavia: A Critical Review of Explanatory Approaches’. European Journal of Social Theory. Vol 4 (2001), (1): 101-20.

‘Fear of Being Minority as a Cause of the post-Yugoslav Wars’, Balkanologie, Vol 5 (2001), No 1-2, 21-37.

Book Chapters:

'The Slovenian-Croatian Confederal Proposal: A Tactical Move or an Ultimate Solution?', in: Lenard J Cohen and Jasna Dragovic-Soso: "State Collapse in South-Eastern Europe: New Perspectives on Yugoslavia's Disintegration". West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University Press (2008): 249-280.

‘Yugoslavism and Yugoslav Communism: from Tito to Kardelj’, in: Dejan Djokic (ed): “Yugoslavism: Histories of a Failed Idea, 1918-1992”. London: Hurst (2003): 157-81.

‘Communist Yugoslavia and Its Others’, in: John Lampe and Mark Mazower (eds.): “Ideologies and National Identities: the Case of the Twentieth-Century Southeastern Europe”. Budapest and New York (2003): 277-302.

 

Book Reviews:

Howard J. Wiarda: Develoopment on the Periphery in Slavonic and East European Review, Vol 87(1), 2009, 171-173.

Louis Sell: 'Milosevic and the Destruction of Yugoslavia', in European History Quarterly, Vol 36(3), 2006, 479-80.

John Phillips: “Macedonia: Warlords and Rebels in the Balkans”, in Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, Vol 7, No. 1, 119-120.

Tom Gallagher: “The Balkans after the Cold War: from Tyranny to Tragedy”, in Slavic Review, Vol. 63, No. 4, 870-1.

Sinisa Malesevic: “Ideology, Legitimacy and the New State: Yugoslavia, Serbia and Croatia”, in Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, Vol 6, No 3, 319-21.

William Bartlett: “Croatia. Between Europe and the Balkans”, in Perspectives on European Politics and Society, Vol. 5 (2004). No. 2. 375-7.

Paul Hockenos: “Homeland Calling: Exile Patriotism and the Balkan Wars”, in: Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, Vol 6 (2004). No. 1. 72-3.

Anita Inder Singh: “Democracy, Ethnic Diversity, and Security in Post-Communist Europe”, in Nations and Nationalism, Vol. 10 (2004), Part 3, pg. 391.

A. Barahona de Brito et al (eds): “The Politics of Memory: Transitional Justice in Democratizing Societies”, in West European Politics, Vol 27 (2004), No. 1., 171-2.

Jan Koehler and Christoph Zuercher (eds.): “Potentials of Disorder”, in East-Asia Studies, Vol. 56, No. 3 (May 2004), 478-9.

Vjekoslav Perica: “Balkan Idols: Religion and Nationalism in Yugoslav States” In: Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans. Vol 5 (2003), No. 2 : 262-3.

Peter Radan: “The break-up of Yugoslavia and international law’. In: Political Studies Review. Vol 1 (2003), No 3. 433-4.

Jane K. Cowan (ed.): “Macedonia: the politics of identity and difference”; in: Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, 4:234-5 (November 2002).

Metta Spencer (ed): The Lessons of Yugoslavia, in Contemporary Sociology, Vol 31 (2002) (5): 583-5.
Teaching

Dr Jovic is responsible for teaching modules in Political Concepts and Ideas (POL912), Stability and Disintegration of States (POL9DS), the Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia (POL9YU) and Authoritarianism and After (POL9AA). While POL912 is a compulsory second-semester undergraduate module, the three advanced-level modules are focused on the politics and history of the 20th century, with an emphasis on its 'dark side' - i.e. disintegration of states, violent conflicts, and character of non-democratic regimes. 'Stability and Disintegration of States' focuses on factors that lead to a state-collapse and those that can prevent such a collapse. ‘Authoritarianism and After’ discusses 'theories of totalitarianism' and analyses some forms of authoritarian regimes, both in Europe and elsewhere. The 'Rise and Fall of Yugoslavia' offers an insight into history and politics of the Yugoslav states since its creation in 1918 until its disintegration in 1992.