International Failure? |
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| Author:
| Mahler-Hutter, Manuel |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4717-5960-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2012 |
| Publisher: | Lulu Press, Inc.
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | Contact Supplier contact
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Book Description:
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Fifteen years after Dayton it is more than evident that theinternational intervention in Bosnia failed in the politicaland economical consolidation of the country.The current status has become a valuable thing to thelocal elites, whereas the international community shiftedits focus from democracy building to implementing liberalmarkets, which fails due to the nature of the interventionand the ethnic divide. The international community aswell as the local elites keeps a democratic...
More DescriptionFifteen years after Dayton it is more than evident that theinternational intervention in Bosnia failed in the politicaland economical consolidation of the country.The current status has become a valuable thing to thelocal elites, whereas the international community shiftedits focus from democracy building to implementing liberalmarkets, which fails due to the nature of the interventionand the ethnic divide. The international community aswell as the local elites keeps a democratic facade, whilethe democratic participation is very limited.The intervention as well as the local government in BiHare on their way from un- to postdemocratic state and,though focusing on it, fundamentally fail economicconsolidation.