
Democracy by Decree
Prospects and Limits of Imposed Consociational Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Adis Merdzanovic(Author)
ibidem (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. August 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
436 pages
978-3-8382-0772-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"Merdzanovic´s study presents a most welcome new assessment: He is the first scholar to scrutinize how the system of imposed consociationalism worked, or rather, didn´t work, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a must-read for anybody interested in the history of the Balkans in general and current Bosnian politics in particular."?Prof. Dr. Josette Baer, University of ZurichMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Hannover
Germany
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 23.4 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
Weight
656 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8382-0772-8 (9783838207728)
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Democracy by Decree
Prospects and Limits of Imposed Consociational Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Democracy by Decree
Prospects and Limits of Imposed Consociational Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Democracy by Decree
Prospects and Limits of Imposed Consociational Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
E-Book
07/2015
1st Edition
ibidem
€26.99
Available for download
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Adis Merdzanovic is a Junior Research Fellow at the European Studies Centre, St Antony's College, University of Oxford. He graduated from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and was previously a Swiss Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars in Washington, D.C..
ISNI: 0000 0004 5198 7503
ISNI: 0000 0004 5198 7503