Damir Kapidžić
Biographic Data
| ID | 4377072 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Damir Kapidžić |
| GIVEN NAMES | Damir |
| FAMILY NAME | Kapidžić |
| SIGNATURE | KAPIDŽIĆ D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sarajevo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8619-3530 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Stuck in the Past: Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Enduring Struggle with a Fractured Legacy
It has been over 25 years since the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina ended, yet the country is still considered to be in crisis and political conflict. The political system established through the Dayton Peace Agreement in 1995 has brought peace but has failed to resolve underlying tensions between power-hungry ethnic patrimonial elites and the strengthening of democracy, rule of law, and economic development. At the same time, the unaddressed memor…
The Voters You Select Affect the Representation You Get: Lessons from Ethnic Electoral Engineering
Territorial and ethno-territorial institutions are used as tools of institutional engineering in divided societies. However, they also face major risks, as they might deepen and perpetuate societal divisions, deprive group members living dispersed from group representation, and prepare the grounds for new conflicts. Our comment embeds the four proposals put forward by Ivan Pepić in the debate, with a comparative perspective
Diverging or converging trajectories? Assessing differences in the internationalisation of political science within Central and Eastern Europe
Internationalisation among European political scientists is not uniform and while research emphasises variations between Western and Eastern Europe, we known less about the contrasting patterns of internationalisation among countries in Central and Eastern Europe. This contribution aims to identify if there are different patterns of internationalisation among groups of countries in the East and what factors influence diverging or converging traje…
The social movement for truth and justice - pragmatic alliance-building with political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Protests among citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina are becoming more frequent. Most often, their aim is to decry the dysfunctionality and opacity of the government, which are the result of the ethno-political structure created by the Dayton Agreement, but also a trend towards democratic regression and autocracy. A number of authors have tackled the ?JMBG? protests of 2013 and the Plenums that emerged from the February 2014 protests, from their par…
Segmental Volatility in Ethnically Divided Societies: (Re)assessing Party System Stability in Southeast Europe
This article examines the role of ethnicity and ethnic parties as stabilizing factors in Southeast European party systems. It compares two ethnically divided countries in Southeast Europe: Bosnia and Herzegovina, where ethnic identities that form the political cleavage are firm, and Montenegro, where they are malleable. Theoretically, it addresses the debate between scholars who either find stability or instability in East European post-communist…
The rise of illiberal politics in Southeast Europe
Illiberal Politics in Southeast Europe: How Ruling Elites Undermine Democracy
The rise of illiberal politics in Southeast Europe
Democracy is backsliding throughout Southeast Europe but there are no signs of full democratic breakdown. Instead, political parties and their leaders incrementally undermine challenges to governmental authority while keeping electoral contest largely intact. This article introduces a special issue that aims to examine and explain democratic decline by looking at the prevalence of illiberal politics across countries and issues. In order to overco…
Subnational competitive authoritarianism and power-sharing in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Incremental democratic decline is evident in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), but measures of democracy conceal an uneven subnational distribution of autocratization. So far there has been limited research on the drivers and constraints to subnational autocratization. This paper aims to contribute to the literature on power-sharing by exploring instances of illiberal politics enacted by parties in government at the subnational level in BiH. Evidence…
A mirror of the ethnic divide: Interest group pillarization and elite dominance in Bosnia and Herzegovina
To date, there is no comprehensive treatment of interests and interest groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). This article seeks to fill that gap. It does so by explaining that interest groups reflect the country's complex political system with multiple levels of power sharing along societal cleavages. Political parties are the major power centers, and the link between ethnicity and party allegiance is most significant in defining the role of in…
Public authority beyond hybrid governance: Creating throughput legitimacy in Northern Uganda
Governance must be based on public authority that is considered legitimate within a society. This paper attempts to examine the process of how public authority is legitimised on the local level by looking at decision-making on the resolution of land conflict in the hybrid governance setting of Northern Uganda. It argues that public authority relies on procedural forms of legitimisation that can best be conceptualised as ‘throughput legitimacy’ an…
Democratic Transition and Electoral Design in Plural Societies: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina's 1990 Elections
The uncertainty of democratic transition poses a threat to the survival of ethnically plural societies, culminating in the first open elections. The design of the electoral system for the founding elections is therefore of crucial importance. This paper focuses on the democratic transition of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its founding elections in 1990. A variety of electoral systems, both proportional and majoritarian, were employed during these el…
Ethnic practice in electoral politics: Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 1990 Presidency elections
Democracy and democratic change do not come easy in plural societies and elections can be seen both as a potential hazard and a solution. This paper addresses the question whether electoral system designs with incentives for interethnic voting are able to support cross-ethnic and non-ethnic politics in plural societies. Focusing on the 1990 elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and based on newly available election data, the analysis looks at the …
Illiberal Politics in Southeast Europe: How Ruling Elites Undermine Democracy
Segmental Volatility in Ethnically Divided Societies: (Re)assessing Party System Stability in Southeast Europe
This article examines the role of ethnicity and ethnic parties as stabilizing factors in Southeast European party systems. It compares two ethnically divided countries in Southeast Europe: Bosnia and Herzegovina, where ethnic identities that form the political cleavage are firm, and Montenegro, where they are malleable. Theoretically, it addresses the debate between scholars who either find stability or instability in East European post-communist…
A mirror of the ethnic divide: Interest group pillarization and elite dominance in Bosnia and Herzegovina
To date, there is no comprehensive treatment of interests and interest groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). This article seeks to fill that gap. It does so by explaining that interest groups reflect the country's complex political system with multiple levels of power sharing along societal cleavages. Political parties are the major power centers, and the link between ethnicity and party allegiance is most significant in defining the role of in…
Democratic Transition and Electoral Design in Plural Societies: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina's 1990 Elections
The uncertainty of democratic transition poses a threat to the survival of ethnically plural societies, culminating in the first open elections. The design of the electoral system for the founding elections is therefore of crucial importance. This paper focuses on the democratic transition of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its founding elections in 1990. A variety of electoral systems, both proportional and majoritarian, were employed during these el…
Public authority beyond hybrid governance: Creating throughput legitimacy in Northern Uganda
Governance must be based on public authority that is considered legitimate within a society. This paper attempts to examine the process of how public authority is legitimised on the local level by looking at decision-making on the resolution of land conflict in the hybrid governance setting of Northern Uganda. It argues that public authority relies on procedural forms of legitimisation that can best be conceptualised as ‘throughput legitimacy’ an…
The Voters You Select Affect the Representation You Get: Lessons from Ethnic Electoral Engineering
Territorial and ethno-territorial institutions are used as tools of institutional engineering in divided societies. However, they also face major risks, as they might deepen and perpetuate societal divisions, deprive group members living dispersed from group representation, and prepare the grounds for new conflicts. Our comment embeds the four proposals put forward by Ivan Pepić in the debate, with a comparative perspective
The social movement for truth and justice - pragmatic alliance-building with political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Protests among citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina are becoming more frequent. Most often, their aim is to decry the dysfunctionality and opacity of the government, which are the result of the ethno-political structure created by the Dayton Agreement, but also a trend towards democratic regression and autocracy. A number of authors have tackled the ?JMBG? protests of 2013 and the Plenums that emerged from the February 2014 protests, from their par…
Ethnic practice in electoral politics: Bosnia and Herzegovina’s 1990 Presidency elections
Democracy and democratic change do not come easy in plural societies and elections can be seen both as a potential hazard and a solution. This paper addresses the question whether electoral system designs with incentives for interethnic voting are able to support cross-ethnic and non-ethnic politics in plural societies. Focusing on the 1990 elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and based on newly available election data, the analysis looks at the …
Democratic Transition and Electoral Design in Plural Societies: The Case of Bosnia and Herzegovina's 1990 Elections
The uncertainty of democratic transition poses a threat to the survival of ethnically plural societies, culminating in the first open elections. The design of the electoral system for the founding elections is therefore of crucial importance. This paper focuses on the democratic transition of Bosnia and Herzegovina and its founding elections in 1990. A variety of electoral systems, both proportional and majoritarian, were employed during these el…
Public authority beyond hybrid governance: Creating throughput legitimacy in Northern Uganda
Governance must be based on public authority that is considered legitimate within a society. This paper attempts to examine the process of how public authority is legitimised on the local level by looking at decision-making on the resolution of land conflict in the hybrid governance setting of Northern Uganda. It argues that public authority relies on procedural forms of legitimisation that can best be conceptualised as ‘throughput legitimacy’ an…
A mirror of the ethnic divide: Interest group pillarization and elite dominance in Bosnia and Herzegovina
To date, there is no comprehensive treatment of interests and interest groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). This article seeks to fill that gap. It does so by explaining that interest groups reflect the country's complex political system with multiple levels of power sharing along societal cleavages. Political parties are the major power centers, and the link between ethnicity and party allegiance is most significant in defining the role of in…
The rise of illiberal politics in Southeast Europe
Democracy is backsliding throughout Southeast Europe but there are no signs of full democratic breakdown. Instead, political parties and their leaders incrementally undermine challenges to governmental authority while keeping electoral contest largely intact. This article introduces a special issue that aims to examine and explain democratic decline by looking at the prevalence of illiberal politics across countries and issues. In order to overco…
Subnational competitive authoritarianism and power-sharing in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Incremental democratic decline is evident in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), but measures of democracy conceal an uneven subnational distribution of autocratization. So far there has been limited research on the drivers and constraints to subnational autocratization. This paper aims to contribute to the literature on power-sharing by exploring instances of illiberal politics enacted by parties in government at the subnational level in BiH. Evidence…
The rise of illiberal politics in Southeast Europe
Illiberal Politics in Southeast Europe: How Ruling Elites Undermine Democracy
Diverging or converging trajectories? Assessing differences in the internationalisation of political science within Central and Eastern Europe
Internationalisation among European political scientists is not uniform and while research emphasises variations between Western and Eastern Europe, we known less about the contrasting patterns of internationalisation among countries in Central and Eastern Europe. This contribution aims to identify if there are different patterns of internationalisation among groups of countries in the East and what factors influence diverging or converging traje…
The social movement for truth and justice - pragmatic alliance-building with political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Protests among citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina are becoming more frequent. Most often, their aim is to decry the dysfunctionality and opacity of the government, which are the result of the ethno-political structure created by the Dayton Agreement, but also a trend towards democratic regression and autocracy. A number of authors have tackled the ?JMBG? protests of 2013 and the Plenums that emerged from the February 2014 protests, from their par…
Segmental Volatility in Ethnically Divided Societies: (Re)assessing Party System Stability in Southeast Europe
This article examines the role of ethnicity and ethnic parties as stabilizing factors in Southeast European party systems. It compares two ethnically divided countries in Southeast Europe: Bosnia and Herzegovina, where ethnic identities that form the political cleavage are firm, and Montenegro, where they are malleable. Theoretically, it addresses the debate between scholars who either find stability or instability in East European post-communist…
The Voters You Select Affect the Representation You Get: Lessons from Ethnic Electoral Engineering
Territorial and ethno-territorial institutions are used as tools of institutional engineering in divided societies. However, they also face major risks, as they might deepen and perpetuate societal divisions, deprive group members living dispersed from group representation, and prepare the grounds for new conflicts. Our comment embeds the four proposals put forward by Ivan Pepić in the debate, with a comparative perspective
Stuck in the Past: Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Enduring Struggle with a Fractured Legacy
It has been over 25 years since the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina ended, yet the country is still considered to be in crisis and political conflict. The political system established through the Dayton Peace Agreement in 1995 has brought peace but has failed to resolve underlying tensions between power-hungry ethnic patrimonial elites and the strengthening of democracy, rule of law, and economic development. At the same time, the unaddressed memor…
Law (12 works) · Political science (12 works) · Politics (12 works) · Political economy (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (8 works) · Democracy (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Ethnic group (6 works)