Building Peace for a Living Expatriate development workers in Kosovo

• Main Author: Vah Jevšnik, Mojca (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Ljubljana ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC 2009
• Series: Migracije 18
• Subjects: Kosovo; Migration, immigration & emigration; development projects; immigrants; social aspect; social status; work migration; delovna migracija; družbeni položaj; družbeni vidik; imigranti; priseljenci; razvojni projekti
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Using Kosovo as a case study, the book illuminates the interplay of some of the most controversial concepts in postcolonial times, including humanitarian intervention, peacebuilding, nation-state building, and doing development in war torn states. A special focus is on development professionals, man...