John E Ashbrook
Biographic Data
| ID | 813168 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John E Ashbrook |
| GIVEN NAMES | John E |
| FAMILY NAME | Ashbrook |
| SIGNATURE | ASHBROOK J E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sweet Briar College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
When Drniš Came to the Sea: Croatian Nationalism, Dalmatian Regionalism, and the Politics of Identity, 1990-2001
This article analyzes the politicization of identities in Dalmatia during the turbulent decade of the 1990s. It argues that during the Croatian War of Independence (or the Homeland War), several factors led to the politicized delegitimization of Dalmatian identity outside a Croatian nationalist context. These included the proximity of the Serbian Krajina rebellion, the flood of displaced persons from the Croatian hinterland to the coastal cities,…
Max Bergholz. Violence as a Generative Force: Identity, Nationalism, and Memory in a Balkan Community
In September 2006, Max Bergholz stumbled upon some uncatalogued files in the Archive of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo. In the files was a description of massacres that erupted in the summer and fall of 1941 in and around the town of Kulen Vakuf, a rural region along the present-day border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. These files inspired Bergholz to undertake an in-depth microhistory of the region, examining the events that le…
Augusta Dimou. Entangled Paths towards Modernity: Contextualizing Socialism and Nationalism in the Balkans
In this work of intellectual history Augusta Dimou analyzes the socialist and agrarian intellectual debates on modernity in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She examines discourse on modernity in three Balkan states—Serbia, Bulgaria, and Greece—and analyzes the development and paths of socialist thought and practice in these developing countries. For Dimou, haphazard modernization in the region provided fertile ground for social…
Politicization of identity in a European borderland: Istria, Croatia, and authenticity, 1990–2003
In most studies of the Balkans and Eastern Europe, identity politics focuses on nationalism. Unfortunately, very few examine regional identities and how they too are politicized in similar ways for similar reasons. Istria provides a good example of how identity is politicized and how and why individuals adapt it to both internal and external influences. While in the past local and regional identities were politicized in response to colonization, …
Croatia, Euroskepticism, and the Identity Politics of EU Enlargement
Croatia's candidacy for membership in the European Union has aroused controversy on all sides, making it an interesting case study of the many strains of Euroskepticism
Storming to partition: Croatia, the United States, and Krajina in the Yugoslav War
To many scholars and policymakers, ‘partition’ offers the most efficacious means of resolving ethnic-civil wars. Others reject partition as a solution, citing flaws (both logical and empirical) and harmful international implications should such an approach become commonplace. What has been missing from this debate is an understanding of how the process of partition unfolds. In this article we examine such a process, the case of the Krajina in the…
Locking Horns in the Istrian Political Arena: Politicized Identity, the Istrian Democratic Assembly, and the Croatian Democratic Alliance
Most scholars of the recent history of Yugoslavia and its successor states tend to focus on nationalism and its hegemonic role in the region. However, it is prudent to examine the role of subnational regionalism on the politics of the region as well. This article analyzes Istrian regionalism in Croatian politics during the 1990s. It investigates the struggle between the Croatian ruling nationalist party, the Croatian Democratic Alliance (HDZ), an…
Self-Perceptions, Denials, and Expressions: Istrianity in a Nationalizing Croatia, 1990–1997
All the changes of statehood, political and administrative interventions in the last century have influenced ... the national, demographic, cultural, economic and social composition of Istrian villages as well as the coastal towns they surround. Thus it is not strange that today when Istrians discuss borders what they are really discussing is themselves and their identity, strategies for everyday life and the practices with which they have symbol…
Locking Horns in the Istrian Political Arena: Politicized Identity, the Istrian Democratic Assembly, and the Croatian Democratic Alliance
Most scholars of the recent history of Yugoslavia and its successor states tend to focus on nationalism and its hegemonic role in the region. However, it is prudent to examine the role of subnational regionalism on the politics of the region as well. This article analyzes Istrian regionalism in Croatian politics during the 1990s. It investigates the struggle between the Croatian ruling nationalist party, the Croatian Democratic Alliance (HDZ), an…
Self-Perceptions, Denials, and Expressions: Istrianity in a Nationalizing Croatia, 1990–1997
All the changes of statehood, political and administrative interventions in the last century have influenced ... the national, demographic, cultural, economic and social composition of Istrian villages as well as the coastal towns they surround. Thus it is not strange that today when Istrians discuss borders what they are really discussing is themselves and their identity, strategies for everyday life and the practices with which they have symbol…
Politicization of identity in a European borderland: Istria, Croatia, and authenticity, 1990–2003
In most studies of the Balkans and Eastern Europe, identity politics focuses on nationalism. Unfortunately, very few examine regional identities and how they too are politicized in similar ways for similar reasons. Istria provides a good example of how identity is politicized and how and why individuals adapt it to both internal and external influences. While in the past local and regional identities were politicized in response to colonization, …
When Drniš Came to the Sea: Croatian Nationalism, Dalmatian Regionalism, and the Politics of Identity, 1990-2001
This article analyzes the politicization of identities in Dalmatia during the turbulent decade of the 1990s. It argues that during the Croatian War of Independence (or the Homeland War), several factors led to the politicized delegitimization of Dalmatian identity outside a Croatian nationalist context. These included the proximity of the Serbian Krajina rebellion, the flood of displaced persons from the Croatian hinterland to the coastal cities,…
Storming to partition: Croatia, the United States, and Krajina in the Yugoslav War
To many scholars and policymakers, ‘partition’ offers the most efficacious means of resolving ethnic-civil wars. Others reject partition as a solution, citing flaws (both logical and empirical) and harmful international implications should such an approach become commonplace. What has been missing from this debate is an understanding of how the process of partition unfolds. In this article we examine such a process, the case of the Krajina in the…
Self-Perceptions, Denials, and Expressions: Istrianity in a Nationalizing Croatia, 1990–1997
All the changes of statehood, political and administrative interventions in the last century have influenced ... the national, demographic, cultural, economic and social composition of Istrian villages as well as the coastal towns they surround. Thus it is not strange that today when Istrians discuss borders what they are really discussing is themselves and their identity, strategies for everyday life and the practices with which they have symbol…
Locking Horns in the Istrian Political Arena: Politicized Identity, the Istrian Democratic Assembly, and the Croatian Democratic Alliance
Most scholars of the recent history of Yugoslavia and its successor states tend to focus on nationalism and its hegemonic role in the region. However, it is prudent to examine the role of subnational regionalism on the politics of the region as well. This article analyzes Istrian regionalism in Croatian politics during the 1990s. It investigates the struggle between the Croatian ruling nationalist party, the Croatian Democratic Alliance (HDZ), an…
Croatia, Euroskepticism, and the Identity Politics of EU Enlargement
Croatia's candidacy for membership in the European Union has aroused controversy on all sides, making it an interesting case study of the many strains of Euroskepticism
Storming to partition: Croatia, the United States, and Krajina in the Yugoslav War
To many scholars and policymakers, ‘partition’ offers the most efficacious means of resolving ethnic-civil wars. Others reject partition as a solution, citing flaws (both logical and empirical) and harmful international implications should such an approach become commonplace. What has been missing from this debate is an understanding of how the process of partition unfolds. In this article we examine such a process, the case of the Krajina in the…
Politicization of identity in a European borderland: Istria, Croatia, and authenticity, 1990–2003
In most studies of the Balkans and Eastern Europe, identity politics focuses on nationalism. Unfortunately, very few examine regional identities and how they too are politicized in similar ways for similar reasons. Istria provides a good example of how identity is politicized and how and why individuals adapt it to both internal and external influences. While in the past local and regional identities were politicized in response to colonization, …
Augusta Dimou. Entangled Paths towards Modernity: Contextualizing Socialism and Nationalism in the Balkans
In this work of intellectual history Augusta Dimou analyzes the socialist and agrarian intellectual debates on modernity in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She examines discourse on modernity in three Balkan states—Serbia, Bulgaria, and Greece—and analyzes the development and paths of socialist thought and practice in these developing countries. For Dimou, haphazard modernization in the region provided fertile ground for social…
Max Bergholz. Violence as a Generative Force: Identity, Nationalism, and Memory in a Balkan Community
In September 2006, Max Bergholz stumbled upon some uncatalogued files in the Archive of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo. In the files was a description of massacres that erupted in the summer and fall of 1941 in and around the town of Kulen Vakuf, a rural region along the present-day border between Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. These files inspired Bergholz to undertake an in-depth microhistory of the region, examining the events that le…
When Drniš Came to the Sea: Croatian Nationalism, Dalmatian Regionalism, and the Politics of Identity, 1990-2001
This article analyzes the politicization of identities in Dalmatia during the turbulent decade of the 1990s. It argues that during the Croatian War of Independence (or the Homeland War), several factors led to the politicized delegitimization of Dalmatian identity outside a Croatian nationalist context. These included the proximity of the Serbian Krajina rebellion, the flood of displaced persons from the Croatian hinterland to the coastal cities,…
Political science (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Balkans: History, Politics, Society (5 works) · Nationalism (5 works) · Croatian (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Balkan and Eastern European Studies (3 works)