Almost everything related to Macedonia is contentious: its history, its borders, its church, its language and its very existence. After the break-up of Yugoslavia and the bloody war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia's strategic position and significance increased further with the continued instability in Kosovo and Albania. This book provides a detailed, yet concise, comparative analysis of the political, economic and social developments in troubled Macedonia since the country's independence in 1991. Macedonia will be of interest to students and scholars of politics, European studies and history.