“Balkan’s Coming Home”

The chapter traces the stigmatization of Serbia during the 1990s by analyzing processes of labeling, stereotyping, separation, status loss, and discrimination. It outlines the labels attached to Serbia, analyzes developed and previously existing stereotypes, presents means of separation, and concrete acts of depriving status and discrimination in the international realm. The focus is on agency in the most important international forums (UN, OSCE, EU) of the three main groups of actors: main stigma imposers, opponents of stigmatization, and functional actors who facilitated stigmatization. Finally, the chapter also presents the reaction from the Serbian side on stigma imposition attempts during this period.