Description
State Building and Democratization in Bosnia and Herzegovina details the post-Dayton evolution of the country over the last two decades. Carefully evaluating the successes and failures the book explores the slow progress of the democratization process and how key elites initially took hold of the state and its institutions and have successfully retained their grip on power, despite heavy international presence and reform attempts to counter-balance this trend. Bosnia and Herzegovina offers a useful lens through which to view international state-building and democratization efforts. International engagement here incorporated significant civilian and military investment and has been ongoing for many years. In each chapter international scholars and field-based practitioners examine the link between post-war events and a structure that effectively embeds ethno-national politics and tensions into the fabric of the country. These contributors offer lessons to be learned, and practices to be avoided whilst considering whether, as state-building and democratization efforts have struggled in this relatively advanced European country, they can succeed in other fragile states.
Table of Contents
Introduction, SoerenKeil, ValeryPerry; Chapter 1 Constitutional Reform Processes in Bosnia and Herzegovina, ValeryPerry; Chapter 2 Party Politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina, JohnHulsey; Chapter 3 Building the Rule of Law, Meagan SmithHrle; Chapter 4 Virtual Deterrence—BiH’s Institutionalized Insecurity and the International Flight from Responsibility, Kurt W.Bassuener; Chapter 5 Post-war Economic Transition in Bosnia and Herzegovina—A Challenging Transformation, AdnanEfendi?, AzraHadžiahmetovi?; Chapter 6 No Exit, MatejaPeter; Chapter 7 Successes and Failures of Transitional Justice in BiH, IvaVukuši?; Chapter 8 Leader-dominated Ethnic Part Ies and Dysfunctional Institutional Design in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo, TinaMavrikos-Adamou; Chapter 9, SoerenKeil; Chapter 101 Conclusion, FlorianBieber;
