Summary for the Balkans

Abstract

The chapter sums up the main characteristics and features of campaigning in the Balkans and tracks the main changes in this field over the last thirty years. While in some countries the development was evolutionary and comparable with the situation of other European countries, in others, the way parties campaign was heavily impacted by ethnic and national conflicts. The author states that it is difficult, if not impossible, to draw a single conclusion about the region: It is too diverse and complicated, and it is easier to find more differences in the development than similarities among the countries.