CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Zelinger, Stepan |
|---|---|
| Title | Explaining Local Self-Government Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina: An External Governance Approach |
| Summary | This paper explores two aspects of local self-government reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina as it took place between 2001 and 2006. In particular, it looks at the process of drafting and adoption of framework laws on local self-government and laws on the allocation of public resources, accounting for the role played in this process by international actors. The aim is to offer an empirical basis for further research, determine the factors that influenced the outcome of the reform and contribute to the growing body of research on post-communist transition of Southeast Europe. The paper applies the theoretical framework of external governance, developed by Lavenex and Schimmelfennig. While it seeks to test its applicability on two cases where there was little direct involvement of the EU, it is primarily used as a means of organising the analysis. The paper demonstrates that reform strategies that rely on building broad coalitions of local stake-holders can be effectively supported by international actors at the level of both financial aid and expertise, thus enhancing their chances of success. The particular power-sharing institutional set-up of Bosnia, however, poses limits even to such consensual and deliberative approaches to international state-building. |
| Supervisor | Papkov, Irina |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/zelinger_stepan.pdf |
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