To Share or to Divide? Negotiating the Future of Kosovo

Jarstad, Anna

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“…This meant that minority parties would be tempted to break out of any attempt at a concerted boycott” (Simonsen 2004, 298). The distributions of seats amongst minority communities are based on proportional representation: ten seats for Kosovo Serbs and ten to other communities: Roma, Ashkalia, and Egyptian community (four seats); Bosniaks community (three seats); Turkish (two seats); and Gorani (one seat) (Stahn 2001, 556; Jarstad 2007, 234).…”

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Consociational Democracy and Political Engineering in Postwar Kosovo

Beha

2019

Nationalities Papers

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This article examines the consociational democracy installed in Kosovo after the war. Starting from the premise that the electoral system is considered one of the key instruments for the engineering of post-conflict societies with deep ethnic divisions, the article analyzes the preferences of local and international actors for the type of electoral system. In particular, the United Nations Interim Administration Mission’s reluctance to organize elections without a prior creation of an institutional base, as well as grand governing coalitions. The mechanisms of consociational democracy aim at addressing elite cooperation between different ethnic communities for building peace and stability in post-conflict societies. But focusing on the intra- and inter-community dynamics of cooperation and confrontation between elites, I conclude that the main obstacle to building a democratic multi-ethnic society in Kosovo and implementing the power-sharing arrangements was the uncertainty over the status of Kosovo.

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Consociational Democracy and Political Engineering in Postwar Kosovo

Beha

2019

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International Response to Crises of Democratization in War-Torn Societies

Wallensteen

2021

Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice

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From War to Democracy

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Attempts to introduce democracy in the wake of civil war face a critical problem: how can war-torn societies move towards peace and democracy when competitive politics and hard-fought elections exacerbate social and political conflict? Through a study of six themes (peacekeeping, management of violence, power sharing, political party transformation, elections, civil society and international reactions to democratization crises) this volume considers the dilemmas that arise in pursuing peace after civil war through processes of democratization. The contributors' research highlights the complex relationship between democratization, which is competitive, and peacebuilding or efforts to achieve reconciliation. The book offers insights into more effective action in peacebuilding in light of the short-term negative effects that democratization can introduce. It is a thought-provoking work that seeks both to advance theory and to provide policy-relevant findings to facilitate more effective and durable transitions from war to democracy.

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To Share or to Divide? Negotiating the Future of Kosovo

Cited by 17 publications

References 5 publications

Consociational Democracy and Political Engineering in Postwar Kosovo

Consociational Democracy and Political Engineering in Postwar Kosovo

International Response to Crises of Democratization in War-Torn Societies

From War to Democracy

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