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State-Building and Democratization in Bosnia and Herzegovina book cover

1st Edition

State-Building and Democratization in Bosnia and Herzegovina

By Soeren Keil, Valery Perry Copyright 2015
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge
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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... Read more
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;

Biography

Soeren Keil received a Ph.D. in International relations from the University of Kent and is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. His main research focuses on institutional design in post-conflict societies with a particular familiar with the Western Balkans, particularly Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is especially interested in power-sharing models in divided societies, as well as forms of territorial and non-territorial autonomy for minority nations. Valery Perry received a Ph.D. from the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University. She has worked for organizations including the NATO Stabilization Force (SFOR), the European Center for Minority Issues, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Public International Law & Policy Group. She is an assistant professor of conflict analysis and resolution at the Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, a Senior Associate in the Democratization Policy Council and an independent researcher and consultant based in Sarajevo.

"...this is an important book, which should consti-tute mandatory reading for anyone interested in Bosnian politics and society, but will be useful also to a broader audience interested in state-building and de-mocratisation."

Sarah Correia, PhD candidate, London School of Economics and Political Science

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