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Papers and essays in politics
PECOB is pleased to introduce this database of updated articles, analyses and occasional papers on Central-Eastern Europe and the Balkans' region politics.
Papers in this section discuss specific issues in politics within different contexts. Papers in the "politics" section can deal with political developments in Central Eastern Europe and the Balkans, with a particular focus on the most recent political developments. Recent publications include papers on EU-Russia relations and an historic analysis of Vojvodina identity. Moreover, other essays address integration process of Central Eastern Europe after 1989. We can finally mention an articleon the role of judges within the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
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Imposing an electoral system. The case of Kosovo (by Lino Sciarra)
(published in: Jan, 2010)
After the election of the first provincial Assembly in Kosovo, a deadlock of three months affected the new elected institution, which was able to elect the President and the Government only at the beginning of March, after a difficult power sharing agreement was reached between
the three main Albanian parties. Whereas most of the analyses – such as the ones published by Radio Free Europe, International Crisis Group, UNMIK newsletter Focus Kosovo – blame the unrealistic expectations of Albanian leaders in general and of Rugova in particular, in my opinion.... -
Political development of Bosnia and Herzegovina after 1995: the establishment and functioning of "controlled" democracy (by Victor Bojkov)
(published in: Jan, 2010)
The subject matter of this paper is the political system of Bosnia and Herzegovina - an ex-Yugoslav republic that was torn among its pro- and anti-independence citizens in the early 1990s, went through a devastating armed conflict that further distanced its mixed population and emerged in 1995 as a reconstructed federal polity with numerous political, social and economic difficulties to be overcome. The present work makes the case that the current political system of Bosnia and Herzegovina is ‘controlled democracy’ and assesses how it has been functioning so far and whether this has been conducive to consolidating the democratic enterprise throughout the polity. It is structured in three parts starting with a general theoretical discussion on democracy and two interrelated debates on its essence. The argument the paper advances is that.... -
Nationalist power and Women (by Rada Iveković)
(published in: Jan, 2010)
This paper is part of the 'Europe and the Balkans' Occasional Papers Series, published by the Istituto per l'Europa Centro-Orientale e Balcanica of the University of Bologna. -
Old jews, new jews: why have anti-semitism and anti-gypsym survived Auschwitz? (by Henry R. Huttenbach)
(published in: Jan, 2010)
The question as phrased is a direct challenge to all of European heritage precisely because it contains its own answer, an answer no one desires to express or hear, for it embodies a confession of a fundamental flaw in the fraying tapestry that is Europe today after Bosnia. To give voice to the answer, however circuitously, would be to confront head on the centrifugal danger that, if not neutralised, could unravel the process of European unification and integration. The question as put is a classic example.... -
From Visegrad to CEFTA. Potential and limits of the new integration processes in Central Eastern Europe (by Michela Campani)
(published in: Jan, 2010)
The following documents are a witness of the made by the leaders of Poland, Hungary and C. after the 1989 revolutions in Central Eastern Europe in order to achieve a wide and stable cooperation between their governments. The reasons wich pushed the leaders of those countries to begin this project must be found mainly in their perception of deep uncertainty wich stood above the European political scenery between the end of 1990 and the beginning of the year 1991. On one hand.... -
Neopatriarchy and Political Violence. Understanding Ethnic Conflict in the Balkans and Transcaucasia (by Ivan Ivekovic)
(published in: Jan, 2010)
The developmental disequilibrium in the Transcaucasus and ex-Yugoslavia was described as the consequence of an uneven and contradictory process of transition from traditional agrarian to industrial economy1. This process was characteristic of the communist type of modernisation 'from above' and of the related 'Pittsburgh' type of industrialisation, during which rural populations were brutally uprooted and called on to play social roles for which they were not prepared and to which they had difficulties adapting. In our parts the 'Pittsburgh' technological peak was reached in few industrial sectors only.... -
The UN International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and International Justice: the judges and their role
(published in: Jan, 2010)
The Yugoslav Tribunal came into existence when the UN Security Council adopted the Tribunal's Statute on 25 May 1993. The election of the first judges took place in September of the same year, and the first judges were sworn in on 16 November for a term of four years. They elected a President and a Vice-President, the President then assigned the judges to the different Chambers, and they started work. This was an entirely new entity... -
De la nation à la partition, par la partition à la nation: quelques problèmes théoriques par quelques livres (by Rada Ivekovic)
(published in: Jan, 2010)
This paper is part of the 'Europe and the Balkans' Occasional Papers Series, published by the Istituto per l'Europa Centro-Orientale e Balcanica of the University of Bologna. -
Human rights protection and cantonisation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
(published in: Jan, 2010)
Wide-ranging support for human rights protection including protection of human rights that fall under the realm of freedom of religion in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is provided by the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina) Despite of its outstanding "ceremonial achievements" in the field of human rights protection of individuals, the entire political structure of BiH is based on the principle of exclusive ethnic representation of the three "constituent peoples" which, de facto, constitutes efficient disadvantage to functioning of State and Entity institutions, whenever minority of (self) selected feels like obstructing decision-making processes. It is more than clear that....
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