Political Elites and Decentralization Reforms in the Post-Socialist Balkans

Regional Patronage Networks in Serbia and Croatia
2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-49571-6
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 231 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4139 g

Reihe: New Perspectives on South-East Europe

Across the globe, more powers are being devolved to local and regional levels of government. This book provides an innovative analysis of such decentralisation in transition states in the Balkans. Using new and rich data, it shows how political elites use decentralisation strategically to ensure their access to state resources.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kleibrink, Alexander

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Transformationsprozesse (Politikwiss.)
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Soziologie und Psychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables
Foreword
List of Abbreviations
1. Centre-Periphery Relations in the Balkan
1.1. Problem definition and research question
1.2. Regional autonomy and decentralisation
1.3. The case studies: Serbia and Croatia in the context of former Yugoslavia
1.4. Research design, methodology and case selection
1.5. Outline of the book
2. A Framework for Studying Elite Access to Resources
2.1. Existing accounts of decentralisation
2.2. Resource dependency and elite agreements between centre and periphery
2.3. Conclusion
3. The Role of Institutional Legacies from Yugoslav Decentralisation
3.1. Pre-socialist legacies
3.2. Socialist legacies: Accommodation
3.3. Nationalist-authoritarian legacies from the 1990s: Confrontation
3.4. Conclusion
4. Access to Electoral Resources
4.1. Electoral resources in centre and periphery
4.2. The electoral systems in Serbia and Croatia
4.3. Access to electoral resources at regional and national level
4.4. Conclusion
5. Information Exchange and Cooperation
5.1. Centre-periphery relations during autonomy negotiations since 2000
5.2. Methodological note
5.3. Information exchange between centre and periphery
5.4. Strategic cooperation between centre and periphery
5.5. Conclusion
6. Access to Patronage Resources
6.1. Access to patronage resources as a causal mechanism
6.2. The extent of patronage in Serbia and Croatia
6.3. Methodological note
6.4. Expert survey results
6.5. The politicisation of state-owned enterprises and government funds
6.6. Conclusion
7. Conclusions
APPENDIX
ANNEX I: List of interviewees
ANNEX II: List of organisations for network analysis
ANNEX III: Descriptive statistics of expert survey
ANNEX IV: Timeline of decentralisation in Croatia (Istria) and Serbia (Vojvodina), 1990-2010
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

Über Autor(innen)

Alexander Kleibrink is Senior Fellow at the European Research Centre for Anti-Corruption and State-Building and Associated Fellow at the Free University Berlin. He has been working on regional development, innovation policy and open governance, and has engaged in several projects on good governance.