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Mytko, G.P. (2013)

Peacebuilding in the Balkans through History Education Reform

Advanced master thesis | Political Science (Advanced Master)

Peacebuilding is a critical element of both real-world international relations and academic conflict resolution. Cosmopolitan peacebuilding scholars and critics have entered into a debate in recent years. Each group makes different assumption, arguments, and predictions about what motivates the actors engaged in peacebuilding; how such activities are designed, organized, and implemented; and what the outcomes and impact of peacebuilding are. In this thesis, I examine history education reform projects in Bosnia and Macedonia in order to determine which theory has greater explanatory power. I find that these two cases generally support the assumptions, arguments, and predictions of cosmopolitan peacebuilding scholars. However, these projects also validate several points made by critics. My findings have many important implications for the conflict resolution and history education fields.

Peacebuilding

History

Bosnia

Macedonia

Reform

Author

Mytko, G.P.

Faculty

Faculty of Social & Behavioural Sciences

Supervisors

Ragazzi, F.P.S.M.
Zwart, F. de

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en