Democracy by decree : prospects and limits of imposed consociational democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina /

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Author / Creator:Merdzanovic, Adis, author.
Imprint:Stuttgart, Germany : Ibidem-Verlag, [2015]
Description:xiv, 421 pages ; 24 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10377251
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ISBN:3838207920
9783838207926
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Acronyms
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Case Selection
  • 1.2. Methodology
  • 1.3. Structure
  • Part I. Nationalism
  • 2. Theories of Nationalism-A Brief Survey
  • 2.1. Nation and Nationalism
  • 2.1.1. Modernists and Primordialists
  • 2.1.2. The 'Nation'
  • 2.1.3. Nationalism
  • 2.2. Analysing Nationalism in Contextual Terms
  • 2.2.1. The geographical and historical contexts
  • 2.2.2. The procedural context
  • 3. A Comparative Look at Western Balkan Nationalisms
  • 3.1. Elements of Commonality Within Bosnian, Croat, and Serb Nationalisms
  • 3.1.1. Ethnicity
  • 3.1.2. Historical association
  • 3.1.3. Religion
  • 3.1.4. Language
  • 3.2. Nationalism in Serbia-Martyrdom and Uprising
  • 3.2.1. Before the uprisings: The ideological foundation of the Serbian uprising
  • 3.2.2. From the revolution to the national state and beyond
  • 3.3. Nationalism in Croatia-Historic Statehood Rights
  • 3.3.1. The Illyrian movement
  • 3.3.2. The Croat national movement
  • 3.4. Yugoslavtsm-Two Forms of a Failed Idea
  • 3.4.1. Yugoslavism-Jugoslovenstvo
  • 3.4.2. Yugoslav 'brotherhood and unity'
  • 3.4.3. Renewed nationalism and the collapse of Yugoslavia
  • 4. Nationalism in Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • 4.1. Historical Roots of Bosnian Identity: Medieval Bosnia
  • 4.2. Bosnia Under Ottoman Rule
  • 4.3. Bosnian Muslims, Bosnian Croats, Bosnian Serbs
  • 4.3.1. 'National' agitation under Ottoman rule
  • 4.3.2. Nationalism in Habsburg Bosnia
  • 4.3.3. Bosnian national identities in the two Yugoslavias
  • 4.4. Conclusion
  • Part II. Consociationalism
  • 5. A Brief Introduction to Consociational Theory
  • 5.1. Contemporary Consociationalism and its Critics
  • 5.2. The Original Model and Elite Behaviour
  • 5.3. The Origins of Cooperation
  • 6. 'imposed Consociation'
  • 6.1. Intervention and Imposition
  • 6.2. Consociational Democracy and the International Context
  • 6.3. The Concept of 'Imposed Consociation'
  • 6.3.1. Assumptions: minimal consensus and group cohesion
  • 6.3.2. Elite behaviour in imposed and ordinary consociations compared
  • 6. A Anticipated Critique of the Concept of the 'Imposed Consociation'
  • Part III. Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 7. Consociationalism in Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • 7.1. The Central State
  • 7.2. The Entities
  • 7.3. People vs. Citizens
  • 7.4. Brcko District
  • 7.5. Bosnian Consociation
  • 7.6. The High Representative
  • 8. Political Elites and Political Quarrels
  • 8.1. The Historical Statehood of Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • 8.2. The People and the Society
  • 8.3. Debating the State
  • 8.3.1. The relationship between the state and the entities: more, or less federalism?
  • 8.3.2. The Croat Question
  • 8.3.3. The misuse of the Sejdic and Find verdict
  • 9. The Office of the High Representative from 1996 to 2013
  • 9.1. Carl Bildt (1996-1997)
  • 9.1.1. The political landscape before the first post-war elections
  • 9.1.2. Setting up the new state
  • 9.1.3. The efforts of the High Representative
  • 9.2. Carlos Westendorp (1997-1999)
  • 9.2.1. The pre-Bonn phase
  • 9.2.2. Towards the Bonn powers
  • 9.2.3. The post-Bonn powers phase
  • 9.3. Wolfgang Petritsch (1999-2002)
  • 9.3.1. Dependency vs. ownership
  • 9.3.2. The Alliance for Change
  • 9.3.3. The Mrakovica-Sarajevo Agreement and its implications
  • 9.4. Paddy Ashdown (2002-2006)
  • 9.4.1. The end of ownership and the African chief approach
  • 9.4.2. The push and pull of Euro-Atlantic integration
  • 9.4.3. The assumption of full gubernatorial power
  • 9.5. Christian Schwarz-Schilling (2006-2007)
  • 9.5.1. Taking ownership seriously once again
  • 9.5.2. The closure of the OHR
  • 9.5.3. The April package and the 2006 elections
  • 9.6. Miroslav Lajcak (2007-2009)
  • 9.6.1. The doctrine of non-intervention
  • 9.6.2. The showdown of 2007
  • 9.6.3. International divisions and the 5+2 agenda
  • 9.7. Valentin Inzko (2009-Present)
  • 9.7.1. The contemporary role of the OHR and the Bonn powers
  • 10. Bosnia-Herzegovina as an 'Imposed Consociation'
  • 10.1. The Assumptions of 'Imposed Consociation' in the Bosnian Context
  • 10.2. The OHR as the Prototypical International Regulating Body (IRB)
  • 10.3. The Incentive Structures in Contemporary Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • Part IV. Concluding Remarks
  • 11. Conclusion
  • Epilogue
  • 12. A Short Postscript on Other Cases: Macedonia and Kosovo
  • 12.1. The Historical Context
  • 12.2. The Assumptions of an 'imposed Consociation' in Macedonia and Kosovo
  • 12.3. The International Regulating Body
  • 12.4. The Incentive Structure in Post-Conflict Macedonia and Kosovo
  • 12.5. Conclusion
  • 13. Annex
  • 13.1. Topic Guide for in Interviews with Local Political Leaders
  • 13.2. List of Interview Partners
  • 13.3. List of OHR Decisions
  • 14. Bibliography