Politics of the European Union in Bosnia-Herzegovina - Between Conflict and Democracy

Politics of the European Union in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Between Conflict and Democracy, by Doga Ulas Eralp, evaluates the European Union's ability to transform the escalating political tensions at a period where the postconflict balance of the Dayton Peace Agreement is turning increasingly unsustainable. Eralp questions whether reforms integral to the EU membership process and existing European crisis management mechanisms can liberate Bosnian politics from the help of ethno-nationalism and plant the seeds for a successful liberal democracy.

Eralp's text captures the tools and history of the EU's accession strategy for Bosnia-Herzegovina and the challenges of the Dayton system as two interrelated narratives, both exploring the realities of Bosnian politics and analyzing the overall quality of Bosnian democracy. Bosnia's consociational system, the role of the international community, and the intervention of the European Union are all put under the spotlight as the institutional and political factors behind Bosnia's stagnation. The text concludes with a discussion of factors that impact the effectiveness of the European Union as an important transformative actor in Bosnia.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Conditions for Liberal Democracy in Bosnia
Chapter Three: The Dayton System
Chapter Four: EU Membership Perspective for Bosnia
Chapter Five: The European Union's Crisis Management Mechanisms
Chapter Six: Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author
Index

About the author

Doga Ulas Eralp taught conflict resolution at Sabanci University in Istanbul, and currently works as a consultant for the World Bank Group in Washington, D.C.

Product details

• Authors: Doga Ulas Eralp
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.06.2014
• EAN: 9780739197349
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-9734-9
• No. of pages: 148
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Europe, European Politics, Political Science, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Political structures: democracy, EU (European Union), International institutions, EU & European institutions, international studies