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Former Combatants, Democracy, and Institution-Building in Transitory Societies: Kosovo and North Macedonia book cover

1st Edition

Former Combatants, Democracy, and Institution-Building in Transitory Societies Kosovo and North Macedonia

By Armend Bekaj Copyright 2024
168 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

168 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

168 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book explores the long-term impact on democracy and institution-building in post-conflict and transitory societies, stemming from the political integration of former combatants of intra-state armed groups. By providing a comparative analysis on two countries with certain commonalities but also sufficient differences to warrant an intriguing comparison – Kosovo and North Macedonia – the... Read more

1. Introduction; 2. Combatants and armed groups in fledgling peace: literature review; 3. Towards an inductive-based theory on democracy spoilers: theoretical framework and research design; 4. The rise of intra-state armies: background and context; 5. The political integration of former combatants; 6. Kosovo: former combatants building institutions and democracy; 7. North Macedonia: sharing power with former rebels; 8. Conclusion; 9. References

Biography

Armend Bekaj is a researcher in the Department of Peace and Conflict Research (DPCR), Uppsala University, Sweden. He combines academic and policy experience on peace and conflict, and democracy versus autocracy, with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe. For the past three years he has also been working at Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament (AMC) at DPCR, focusing on the role of sanctions on disarmament and non-proliferation.

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