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After Ethnic Conflict

Policy-making in Post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia

By: Dr Cvete Koneska

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After Ethnic Conflict

Policy-making in Post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia

By: Dr Cvete Koneska

After Ethnic Conflict: Policy-making in Post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia investigates how sensitive policy issues can be resolved in the aftermath of war by investigating how political elites interact and make decisions in ethnically divided societies. Focussing on the interactions between political elites and attempts to reach agreement across ethnic lines in Bosnia and Macedonia the book examines the impact that institutional factors can have on political actors and the decisions they make. Examining domestic factors and external influence in politics, Cvete Koneska identifies four key drivers of post-conflict cooperation: cross-cutting identities, minority veto powers, territorial autonomy, and informal practices to explain inter-ethnic political accommodation. By looking beyond the immediate post-conflict landscape, created by foreign peace negotiators and aid missions, to the internal political process she shows the real reasons political actors cooperate and how competing ethnic tensions are reconciled following ethnic conflict. Delving deeper into specific policy areas to compare successful and unsuccessful attempts at ethnic accommodation this book explores the factors behind the different policy outcomes that sustain or undermine peace and ethnic cooperation in ethnically divided societies.

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1472419812

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Cultures of Democracy in Serbia and Bulgaria

How Ideas Shape Publics

By: Dr James Dawson

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Cultures of Democracy in Serbia and Bulgaria

How Ideas Shape Publics

By: Dr James Dawson

At a time when some EU member states are attracting attention for the rise to power of illiberal, anti-democratic political movements, this book’s analytical focus on ideas and identities helps explain why institutional progress is not necessarily reflected in the formation of liberal, democratic publics. Starting from the premise that citizens can only uphold the institutions of liberal democracy when they understand and identify with the principles enshrined in them, the author applies normative public sphere theory to the analysis of political discourse and everyday discussion in Serbia and Bulgaria. From this perspective, the Serbian public sphere is observed to be more contested, pluralist and, at the margins, liberal than that of Bulgaria. Considering that Bulgaria has been a full EU member since 2007 while Serbia remains stuck in the waiting room, it is argued that democratic cultures are not shaped by elite-led drives to meet institutional criteria but rather by the spread of ideas through politics, the media and the discussions of citizens. Moving beyond the narrow focus on institutions that currently prevails in studies of democratization, this book demonstrates the value of a more ethnographic and society-oriented approach.

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1472443101

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9781472443106

Between Justice and Stability

The Politics of War Crimes Prosecutions in Post-Miloševic Serbia

By: Dr Mladen Ostojic

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Between Justice and Stability

The Politics of War Crimes Prosecutions in Post-Miloševic Serbia

By: Dr Mladen Ostojic

Exploring the impact of the International Criminal Tribunal (ICTY) on regime change in Serbia, this book examines the relationship between international criminal justice and democratisation. It analyses in detail the repercussions of the ICTY on domestic political dynamics and provides an explanatory account of Serbia’s transition to democracy. Lack of cooperation and compliance with the ICTY was one of the biggest obstacles to Serbia’s integration into Euro-Atlantic political structures following the overthrow of Milošević. By scrutinising the attitudes of the Serbian authorities towards the ICTY and the prosecution of war crimes, Ostojić explores the complex processes set in motion by the international community’s policies of conditionality and by the prosecution of the former Serbian leadership in The Hague. Drawing on a rich collection of empirical data, he demonstrates that the success of international judicial intervention is premised upon democratic consolidation and that transitional justice policies are only ever likely to take root when they do not undermine the stability and legitimacy of political institutions on the ground.

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1409467449

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9781409467441

A Discourse Analysis of Corruption

Instituting Neoliberalism Against Corruption in Albania, 1998-2005

By: Dr Blendi Kajsiu

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A Discourse Analysis of Corruption

Instituting Neoliberalism Against Corruption in Albania, 1998-2005

By: Dr Blendi Kajsiu

Why did Albania enjoy some of the most successful anti-corruption programs and institutions along with what appeared to be growing levels of corruption during the period 1998-2005? Looking at corruption through a post-structuralist discourse analysis perspective this book argues that the dominant corruption discourse in Albania served primarily to institute the neoliberal order rather than eliminate corruption. As a rare example of post-structuralist discourse analysis of corruption this book can be useful for future research on discourses of corruption in other countries of the region and beyond.

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1472431324

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After Ethnic Conflict

Policy-making in Post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia

By: Dr Cvete Koneska

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Policy-making in Post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia

By: Dr Cvete Koneska

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Book's by Dr Cvete Koneska

After Ethnic Conflict

After Ethnic Conflict

Cultures of Democracy in Serbia and Bulgaria

Cultures of Democracy in Serbia and Bulgaria

Between Justice and Stability

Between Justice and Stability

A Discourse Analysis of Corruption

A Discourse Analysis of Corruption

After Ethnic Conflict

After Ethnic Conflict

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