Facing institutional change in Mostar
A litmus test for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11047010 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aleksandra Zdeb (0000-0003-3410-7554, Jagiellonian University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 96-113 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nationalities Papers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00905992.2016.1235142 |
| OpenAlex | W2558703768 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 24 |
The reconstruction of Mostar could have been a symbol of renewed multiethnic coexistence. Instead, it has become a synonym for failed institutions and divisions, mirroring the difficulties of the whole country. While imposition of both the 1996 and 2004 statutes establishing the city's administrative units was connected with crisis, the city has also faced two major deadlocks, in 2008–2009 and 2012. In the first, a solution was imposed by the international community's High Representative (HR). But the second remains unresolved, as the HR resists intervening. The aim of the paper is to analyze these impasses – moments when institutional change should have occurred, but for some reason did not. Even the solutions – acts of external imposition – might be treated at best as institutional pseudo-change that shows that imposed institutions have a particular inertia that resists change. The topic will be presented from the perspective of historical institutionalism, with special emphasis on the path-dependency approach, which refers here not only to the formal institutional structure of the city, but also to the decision-making processes in the moments of stalemate
Business · Corporate governance · Deadlock · Historical institutionalism · Institutional change · Institutionalism · Litmus · Political science · Sociology · Stalemate · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · International Development and Aid · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Public Administration
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Shaping the political arena
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |