Democracy by Decree

Prospects and Limits of Imposed Consociational Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-3-8382-0792-6
Verlag: ibidem

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

The introduction of consociational power sharing as a post-war political system has become one of the international community's preferred post-conflict devices. In situations where warring polities are internally divided by ethnic, religious, linguistic, or national identity, consociationalism guarantees the inclusion of all groups in the political process and prevents a 'tyranny' of the majority over one or more minorities. However, if international actors keep intervening in the political process, the advantages of consociationalism are turned upside down. In this exceptional book, Adis Merdzanovic develops a theoretical and empirical approach to understanding consociational democracies that include external intervention. Using the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the consociational Dayton Peace Agreement ended the three-year war between Serbs, Croats, and Bosniaks twenty years ago, it elaborates on the different approaches used in the past and gives practical recommendations for future state-building exercises by the international community.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Merdzanovic, Adis

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Transformationsprozesse (Politikwiss.)
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
List of Acronyms
1. Introduction
Part I: Nationalism
2. Theories of Nationalism—A Brief Survey
3. A Comparative Look at Western Balkan Nationalisms
4. Nationalism in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Part II: Consociationalism
5. A Brief Introduction to Consociational Theory
6. 'Imposed Consociation'
Part III: Bosnia and Herzegovina
7. Consociationalism in Bosnia-Herzegovina
8. Political Elites and Political Quarrels
9. The Office of the High Representative from 1996 to 2013
10. Bosnia-Herzegovina as an 'Imposed Consociation'
part IV: Concluding Remarks
11. Conclusion
Epilogue
12. A Short Postscript on Other Cases: Macedonia and Kosovo
13. Annex
14. Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Adis Merdzanovic is a visiting Junior Research Fellow at South East European Studies at Oxford (SEESOX), St Antony's College, University of Oxford.