CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | MacMillan, Michele Lynne |
|---|---|
| Title | Postwar Policy, Returnees and Homogeneous Communities: An Exploration of the Relationship Between Property Restitution and Ethnic Diversity in Postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Summary | Property restitution is an integral part of return and reconciliation in a postwar environment. The Dayton Agreement in Annex 7 developed the Property Law Implementation Process (PLIP) - a mechanism to return property to its original owner. The aim of this thesis is to explore the relationship between this national Property Law Implementation Process and ethnic communities in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina. The assumption is that there is likely to be higher implementation rate of the property policy in more homogenous communities. The study deploys a quantitative approach looking at both prewar and postwar data to measure the ethnic composition of 98 municipalities. The findings confirm that in areas that are dominated by Serbs, there is a significant relationship with the PLIP. The analysis of these findings is not enough to explain the variance in the policy; therefore there is an additional discussion of additional factors based on secondary literature on additional factors. The analysis concludes with a discussion of the barriers to the implementation of the property process and if it was successful in reversing ethnic cleansing |
| Supervisor | Sitter, Nick, Gallego, Aina |
| Department | School of Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/macmillan_michele.pdf |
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