Recognition Denied: An Examination of UK and US Foreign Policy towards the Republic of Croatia

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dc.contributor.authorLjubic, Maria Christina
dc.contributor.supervisorVerdun, Amy
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-02T22:47:42Z
dc.date.available2013-05-02T22:47:42Z
dc.date.copyright2013en_US
dc.date.issued2013-05-02
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Political Science
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis examines the development of decision making taken by two countries, the United Kingdom and the United States, in response to Croatia’s declaration of independence from Yugoslavia. The focus is on the recognition process and the reasoning and rationale used by the government officials and diplomats of the United Kingdom and United States to arrive at their policy decisions and opinions. The concentration is mainly on events from the early 1990s until mid 1992. Topics explored include matters such the politics behind non-recognition, democratic social norms, respect for human rights and Western national interests. The thesis first hypothesizes, then analyses, which International Relations theory, that is, realism or constructivism, possesses the best capacity explain why these nations initially withheld their recognition of Croatia’s independence before moving to accept the Republic of Croatia as an independent state. The role of the International Relations theories is to offer an interpretation and understanding of these events and decisions. Subsequently, they are judged on their ability to do so. The thesis finds that via the insight of scholars, analysts and theoretical perspectives that both the John Major government of the UK and the George H.W. Bush Administration of the United States behaved mostly according to realist principles, with some instances of constructivist manner.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0615en_US
dc.description.proquestcode1616en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0335en_US
dc.description.proquestemailcljubic9@gmail.comen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/4593
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectTudjmanen_US
dc.subjectTudmanen_US
dc.subjectMilosevicen_US
dc.subjectBadinter Commissionen_US
dc.subjectethnicen_US
dc.subjectconstructivismen_US
dc.subjectBritainen_US
dc.subjectethnic cleansingen_US
dc.subjectgenocideen_US
dc.subjectLord Carringtonen_US
dc.subjectLawrence Eagleburgeren_US
dc.subjectTitoen_US
dc.subjectarms embargoen_US
dc.subjectGenscheren_US
dc.subjectUSSRen_US
dc.subjectWestphaliaen_US
dc.subjectSerbiaen_US
dc.subjectEagleburgeren_US
dc.subjectGlaurdicen_US
dc.subjectCushmanen_US
dc.subjectMestrovicen_US
dc.subjectRameten_US
dc.subjectMcAdamsen_US
dc.subjectMeieren_US
dc.subjectCaplanen_US
dc.subjectClintonen_US
dc.subjectHurden_US
dc.subjectHoggen_US
dc.subjectBakeren_US
dc.subjectZimmermannen_US
dc.subjectJovicen_US
dc.subjectMesicen_US
dc.subjectVukovaren_US
dc.subjectDubrovniken_US
dc.subjectBalkansen_US
dc.subjectethnic hatreden_US
dc.subjectConversien_US
dc.subjectSloveniaen_US
dc.subjectKosovoen_US
dc.subjectBosniaen_US
dc.subjectMcCloskeyen_US
dc.subjectKenneyen_US
dc.subjectMacKinnonen_US
dc.subjectBelgradeen_US
dc.subjectserbophiliaen_US
dc.subjectAnzulovicen_US
dc.subjectAl Goreen_US
dc.subjectSnowcroften_US
dc.subjectWaltzen_US
dc.subjectMorgenthauen_US
dc.subjectMachiavellien_US
dc.subjectChetniken_US
dc.titleRecognition Denied: An Examination of UK and US Foreign Policy towards the Republic of Croatiaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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