Bosnia: Faking Democracy After Dayton.
de David Chandler
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- ISBN 10
- 0745314031
- ISBN 13
- 9780745314037
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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Sterling, VA Pluto Press, 1999. Paperback First Ed; First Printing, so stated. First Ed; First Printing, so stated. Fine in Wraps: binding square and secure; text clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. 239pp. Academic Press Paperback. Chandler's book is an outstanding analysis and critique of the political/administrative system set up in Bosnia-Herzegovina after the signing of the Dayton Accords in late 1995. There is a very useful breakdown of the (too numerous) power structures at work in the country, from the `local entity' governments of the Muslim-Croat Federation and the Republika Srpska to the astoundingly confusing layers of international administrative bodies and organizations. The rather obvious result is that little gets accomplished with all of these parallel governing institutions in place. Chandler's central argument is that the deep involvement of the international powers in Bosnia through the Office of the High Representative, NATO, the OSCE and other bodies is actually making matters worse, rather than laying down the foundations for peaceful coexistence and Bosnian self-government. In this vein, for these international institutions the process of "democratization" has become an end to itself rather than the ideal objective of establishing a functioning democracy that would require no international tutelage. Chandler also correctly points out that the Dayton Accords, although declaratively committed to a multiethnic, unified Bosnian state, have in fact solidified the country's division into ethnically-based units. However, the book is less persuasive where it implies that a major withdrawal of international troops would not necessarily mean a resumption of hostilities. Indeed, Chandler focuses very little attention to the mutual fear, mistrust and hatred which escalated in the early 1990s and led to the war in the first place. Nonetheless, this is a very useful, and damning, overview of an international experiment in peace-making and state-building - a must-read for anyone interested in Bosnia's future.
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- Black Cat Hill Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 35748
- Título
- Bosnia: Faking Democracy After Dayton.
- Autor
- David Chandler
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Ed; First Printing, so stated.
- ISBN 10
- 0745314031
- ISBN 13
- 9780745314037
- Editorial
- Pluto Press,
- Lugar de publicación
- Sterling, VA
- Fecha de publicación
- 1999.
- Catálogos del vendedor
- International Relations; European History; History: Europe; Eastern Europe; Balkans; European Politics;
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