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Decentralization and Regionalization in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Context, Model and Implementation Challenges

In: Decentralization and Local Development in South East Europe

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  • Vesna Bojičić-Dželilović

    (London School of Economics and Political Science)

Abstract

The violent conflict that lasted for three years (1992-5) triggered the territorial and political reconfiguration of the state of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Under the terms of the Dayton Peace Agreement (DPA) Bosnia—Herzegovina was reorganized as an asymmetric federation under the precept that it would provide a framework for inter-ethnic accommodation, create channels for democratic contestation, and ultimately usher in peace and stability. Therefore, the primary motive for decentralization was political — to exploit its alleged potential as an ethnic conflict management tool. This distinguishes the Bosnia-Herzegovina case from those contemporaneous, peacetime situations where the primary concern of decentralization tends to be its functional role in the context of building a multi-level system of governance to improve development outcomes (Schou and Hang, 2005).

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  • Vesna Bojičić-Dželilović, 2013. "Decentralization and Regionalization in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Context, Model and Implementation Challenges," Studies in Economic Transition, in: Will Bartlett & Sanja Maleković & Vassilis Monastiriotis (ed.), Decentralization and Local Development in South East Europe, chapter 5, pages 83-99, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:stuchp:978-1-137-29565-1_5
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137295651_5
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