... was not a climate for an effective system or stability. There was no spirit of cooperation, making successful democracy difficult, As influential elements in Balkan societies grew impatient with moderate ideologies, the Balkan states experienced a political drift to the Right. Authoritarian regimes came to power because liberal and parliamentary approaches failed to solve the problems of national minorities and economic backwardness ... change amongst the states of Eastern Europe extended to hostility against minorities within states. The Croat genocide of the Serbs and Jews illustrates ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate