Explaining municipal governance in Kosovo
Local agency, credibility and party patronage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21156803 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Jackson (0000-0002-4269-7649, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 165-184 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-3857 • E-ISSN: 1743-9639 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14683857.2018.1474543 |
| OpenAlex | W2804440505 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 26 |
What can explain the varied effectiveness of internationally led attempts at statebuilding? This article seeks to answer this question by comparing the contrasting trajectories of governance in two municipalities in Kosovo: Hani i Elezit/Elez Han and Kamenica. In Hani i Elezit, evidence suggests that effective and accountable governance is embedded. However, in Kamenica informal and clientelist practices persist and residents are less satisfied with the municipality’s performance. As the nature and extent of internationally led statebuilding has been similar in both municipalities, explaining variation requires an analytical shift to how local leadership interacts with, receives and ultimately shapes statebuilding processes. The data are based on fieldwork from 2012 to 2015. The article focuses on two critical dimensions of statebuilding: capacity building and social accountability. It argues that the impact of externally led statebuilding strategies depends on the orientation of the political leadership of the municipalities. The article identifies features of the political environment, namely credibility and the organization of political parties, which constrain the kind of public-oriented leadership necessary for effective and accountable governance
Accountability · Corporate governance · Credibility · Economics · Management · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Cyprus History, Politics, Society · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Public Administration
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Statehood without an army
‘Undivided’ city in a divided society
Salafi pluralism in national contexts
State-building and patronage networks
‘The association that dissociates’ – narratives of local political resistance in Kosovo and the delayed implementation of the Brussels Agreement
State-building or state-capture? Institutional exports, local reception and hybridity of reforms in post-war Kosovo
Education for whom? Engineering multiculturalism and liberal peace in post-conflict Kosovo
Implementing Brussels Agreements
Challenging repatriation as a durable solution
Linking to the State
An institutional analysis of ‘power within’ local governance
Strong Societies and Weak States
Democracy, Credibility, and Clientelism
The Dilemmas of Statebuilding
Political Order and Political Decay
The role of epistemic communities
Statehood without an army
Salafi pluralism in national contexts
State-building and patronage networks
‘The association that dissociates’ – narratives of local political resistance in Kosovo and the delayed implementation of the Brussels Agreement
State-building or state-capture? Institutional exports, local reception and hybridity of reforms in post-war Kosovo
Education for whom? Engineering multiculturalism and liberal peace in post-conflict Kosovo
Implementing Brussels Agreements
Corruption and Norms
Routledge Handbook of International Statebuilding
The Quest for Good Governance
International Peacebuilding and Local Resistance
Towards better theories of peacebuilding
Introduction
Local institutional engineering
Hybrid Peace
| Citations per year | 1.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |