After Ethnic Conflict: Policy-making in Post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia

199 Pages·2014·2.021 MB·English

by  Cvete Koneska

After ethnic conflict
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After Ethnic Conflict
Policy-making in Post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina
and Macedonia
cVete KoneSKA
St Antony’s College, Oxford
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After ethnic conflict : policy-making in post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina and
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includes bibliographical references and index.
iSBn 978-1-4724-1979-8 (hardback : alk. paper) – iSBn 978-1-4724-1980-4 (ebook) –
iSBn 978-1-4724-1981-1 (epub) 1. Bosnia and hercegovina–ethnic relations–Political
aspects. 2. Macedonia (Republic)–Ethnic relations–Political aspects. 3. Ethnic conflict–
Bosnia and Hercegovina. 4. Ethnic conflict–Macedonia (Republic). 5. Elite (Social
sciences)–Political activity–Bosnia and hercegovina. 6. elite (Social sciences)–Political
activity–Macedonia (republic) 7. Bosnia and hercegovina–Politics and government–1992–
8. Macedonia (republic)–Politics and government–1992– i. title.
Dr1752.K66 2014
320.60949742–dc23
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Contents
List of Tables ix
Part I IntroductIon
1 After Ethnic Conflict: Why Look at Post-conflict Recovery? 3
2 Explaining Ethnic Accommodation 19
Part II HIstorIcal and InstItutIonal Background
3 Bosnia 1991–1996: From Communism to Ethnic Conflict 39
4 Macedonia 1991–2001: Simmering Ethnic Tensions 59
Part III WHat Makes Post-conflIct PolItIcs Work
5 Military Reform in Bosnia: A Single Joint Army 79
6 Decentralisation in Macedonia: Designing Municipal Maps
and Funds 97
Part IV contInuIng cHallenges: PersIstIng
etHnIc tensIons after conflIct
7 Police Reform in Bosnia: Ethnicity above Efficiency 119
8 Minority Education in Macedonia: Recurring Ethnic Tensions 137
9 Conclusions 157
Bibliography 169
Index 185
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List of Tables
1.1 Policy stages and steps in policy cycle 13
1.2 Policy cases in Bosnia and Macedonia 15
3.1 December 1990 election results in Bosnia and Herzegovina 45
4.1 November/December 1990 election results in Macedonia 65
5.1 Major parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina, ethnic affiliation and
terms in government 83
8.1 Major political parties in Macedonia 143