The Disintegration of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Table Of Contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• About the author(s)/editor(s)
• About the book
• This eBook can be cited
• Contents
• Abbreviations
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• 1.1 Research context
• 1.2 Research aim and question
• 1.3 How can we examine the impact of international rule in BiH?
• 1.3.1 (Meta-)methodological considerations
• 1.3.2 How design shapes analysis
• 1.3.3 Shifting the notion – from data collection to data production
• 1.3.4 Content analysis
• 1.3.5 OHR decisions
• 1.3.6 Steering Board Communiqués
• 1.3.7 Classified diplomatic cables
• 1.3.8 Policy areas
• 1.4 Structure
• Chapter 2: Why a Process Oriented Approach to Ethnified Multi-Level Governance is Essential
• 2.1 About the compatibility of process sociology and political science
• 2.1.1 The problem of process reduction in social scientific language
• 2.1.2 The drag effect of the social habitus and its resistance towards the integration of survival units
• 2.1.3 Power and function in the context of game models
• 2.2 Drawing upon European integration and IR theory to contextualize the process sociological approach
• 2.2.1 Federalism – similarities and differences between BiH and the EU
• 2.2.2 Governance in a dynamic multi-level system
• 2.2.3 The neo-functionalist approach to integration
• 2.2.4 From social constructivism to sociological institutionalism
• 2.2.5 Using norms and rules as leverage
• 2.2.6 Input and output legitimacy
• 2.3 Ethnicity, nationalism and war – interdisciplinary considerations of anthropomorphism and inadequate rationalism
• 2.3.1 Why ethnicity is imaginary
• 2.3.2 From nationalism to irredentism
• 2.3.3 Repudiating anthropomorphic terminology
• 2.3.4 The psychological dimension of violence in group conflicts and its implications for BiH
• Summary
• Chapter 3: Bosnia and Herzegovina – Evolution of a Fragile Polity
• 3.1. The trichotomy of predominant ethnifications in BiH
• 3.1.1 Croatian ethnification
• 3.1.2 Serb ethnification
• 3.1.3 The emergence of Bosniak ethnification in the context of Serb-Croat enmity
• 3.2 Bosnia-Herzegovina under the umbrella of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
• 3.3 The impact of economic decline in the 1980s on Yugoslavia’s disintegration
• 3.4 Violent disintegration of BiH, two irredentist campaigns, one unintended outcome
• 3.4.1 Croatian irredentism in BiH
• 3.4.2 Serb nationalist irredentism
• Summary
• Chapter 4: Polities and Politics of Post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 4.1 The ethnification of the war in Yugoslavia in international politics
• 4.2 The Annexes of the DPA
• 4.2.1 Annex 1A: Agreement on the Military Aspects of the Peace Settlement
• 4.2.2 Annex 1B: Agreement on Regional Stabilization
• 4.2.3 Annex 2: The Inter-Entity Boundary Line and Related Issues
• 4.2.4 Annex 3: Agreement on Elections
• 4.2.5 Annex 4: The Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• 4.2.6 Annex 5: Agreement on Arbitration
• 4.2.7 Annex 6: Agreement on Human Rights
• 4.2.8 Annex 7: Refugees and Displaced Persons
• 4.2.9 Annex 8: Agreement on Commission to Preserve National Monuments
• 4.2.10 Annex 9: Establishment of Public Corporations
• 4.2.11 Annex 10: Civilian Implementation (OHR)
• 4.2.12 International Police Task Force (Annex 11)
• 4.2.13 The Assistance Program
• 4.2.14 Armed Forces
• 4.3 The OHR in a multi-level principal-agent structure
• 4.3.1 The PIC Steering Board
• 4.3.2 Establishment of the OHR
• 4.3.3 The Sintra Declaration and the Bonn Powers
• 4.3.4 The Europeanization of the international agency structure
• 4.4 Political parties
• 4.4.1 Ethnifying Bosnian Serb parties
• 4.4.2 Ethnifying Croat parties
• 4.4.3 Ethnifying Bosniak parties
• 4.4.4 De-ethnifying parties
• Summary
• Chapter 5: The Decisions of the OHR
• 5.1 Low synthesis: The official OHR categorization
• 5.1.1 Decisions relating to state symbols and state-level matters and constitutional issues
• 5.1.2 Decisions in the economic field
• 5.1.3 Decisions in the field of judicial reform
• 5.1.4 Decisions relating to the Federation, Mostar and Herzegovina-Neretva Canton
• 5.1.5 Removals and Suspensions from Office
• 5.1.6 Media restructuring decisions by the HighRep
• 5.1.7 Decisions in the field of property laws, return of displaced persons and refugees and reconciliation
• 5.1.8 Decisions relating to individuals indicted for war crimes in the former Yugoslavia
• 5.2 Higher synthesis analysis of OHR decisions (1997–2012)
• 5.2.1 Legislative decisions
• 5.2.2 Constructive decisions
• 5.2.3 Punitive decisions
• 5.2.4 Reconstructive decisions
• Summary
• Chapter 6: Analysis of OHR Impact on Policies in BiH
• 6.1 Military matters
• 6.2 Economic policy
• 6.3 Police and intelligence
• 6.4 Judicial branch and constitutional reform
• 6.5 De-segregation and return of refugees
• Summary
• Chapter 7: Discussion and Conclusions – Change of OHR Impact over Time
• 7.1 Pooling competencies at state level
• 7.2 (De-)Ethnification
• 7.3 Future perspectives: Disengagement and Europeanization
• Bibliography
• Communiques and legal documents
• Diplomatic cables
• Appendix
• Interview with HighRep Valentin Inzko at OHR HQ, 14 March 2012 [English translation]
• Index By Person
• Index By Keyword
• Series index