’Mila Dragojevi provides a detailed and thorough analysis of the ways Serbian refugees from Bosnia and Croatia integrated into political life in Serbia proper. But the work is much more than an impressive case study. Dragojevi’s research is path-breaking in specifying how refugees form interpersonal networks and how, once formed, these networks sustain social identities and affect political behaviors.’ ... Read moreRoger Petersen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA ’This is a superb micro-level analysis of why nationalist parties are more successful at attracting the support of some co-ethnics and not others. Based on an original examination of ethnic Serbs who migrated to Serbia from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina after 1991, Mila Dragojevi sheds light on the role of social ties within immigrant communities in shaping both their political attitudes and voting behavior. Her finding that immigrants are more likely to hold extreme beliefs and support extreme political parties when they have low levels of social incorporation has significant theoretical and policy implications. This book is a must read for both students of ethnic politics and policymakers in multi-ethnic states.’ Pauline Jones Luong, University of Michigan, USA ’This beautifully written and expertly crafted research on the political behavior of ethnically defined refugees (escaping discrimination as a minority to an ethnic homeland) destroys an entire literature on the relation between ethnic identity and conflict. Read this book for the unexpected experience such migrants face, the new refugee identities they establish in response, and why, and when, nationalist political parties benefit - not only in her primary case of Serbs and Serbia but also in Croatia, Algeria, and Israel.’ Susan L. Woodward, City University of New York, USA 'From its captivating subtitle, this book indeed raises some interesting theoretical questions, specifically how the refugee experience m Show Less