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

Vesna Bojičić-Dželilović
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Vesna Bojičić-Dželilović: London School of Economics and Political Science

Chapter 5 in Decentralization and Local Development in South East Europe, 2013, pp 83-99 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: 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).

Keywords: Local Government; United Nations Development Programme; Local Governance; Constitutional Reform; Public Service Delivery (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137295651_5

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