Post-war statebuilding and constitutional reform : beyond Dayton in Bosnia / Sofía Sebastián-Aparicio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sebastián-Aparicio, Sofía, author.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Series:

Rethinking peace and conflict studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace-building--Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Peace-building.

Constitutional law--Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Constitutional law.

Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 247 pages) : illustrations.

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Other Title:

Post-war statebuilding and constitutional reform in divided societies

Place of Publication:

[Basingstoke] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2014]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Post-war Statebuilding and Constitutional Reform focuses on the experience of statebuilding and constitution-making after violent conflict. Using the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of Europe's most divided societies, as a vehicle to reflect on the fundamental questions of post-war statebuilding, the book asks under what circumstances external factors may affect the interests, goals, and strategies of local actors in post-conflict, divided settings? Providing an in-depth study of constitutional reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the book focuses on the reform of Dayton and the aftermath of these attempted reforms from 2006 to 2012 that many analysts have considered the beginning of a period in which the statebuilding process began to unravel amidst increasing inter-ethnic tensions. With a range of interviews from key players involved in the statebuilding process, Sebastián-Aparicio explores the interactions between international and local elites in the unfolding of statebuilding, and questions why Bosnia and Herzegovina went into such decline and why 2006. This process-driven and actor-centric approach brings new perspectives to the debates on post-conflict statebuilding, informing policy decisions in peacebuilding and statebuilding processes in Bosnia and Herzegovina and other divided societies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Foreword; Brendan O'Leary

Introduction

1. Post-war Statebuilding in Divided Societies: a Conceptual Framework

2. Dayton

3. Beyond Dayton I: Inter-Ethnic Divisions

4. Beyond Dayton II: External Agency

5. Beyond Dayton III: Intra-ethnic Divisions and Collapse

6. Elusive Reform and the New International Engagement

7. Conclusions.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

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Other Format:

Print version: Sebastián-Aparicio, Sofía. Post-war statebuilding and constitutional reform in divided societies.

ISBN:

9781137336880

1137336889

Publisher Number:

99985048605

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