Stateness and Democratic Consolidation: Lessons from Former Yugoslavia

The book argues that the unresolved stateness in the republics of the former Yugoslavia played a key role in determining the course and dynamics of their turbulent democratic transition. It develops a series of causal mechanisms and analyzes their applicability to other cases, such as Ukraine's democratization. It is a must-read for researchers and scholars of political science, practitioners, and policy-makers interested in democratization, transformation processes, nation-building, and stateness.

Format: Hardback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 19 July 2022
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

The book argues that the unresolved stateness in the republics of the former Yugoslavia played a crucial role in determining the course and dynamics of their turbulent democratic transition. To support this claim, the authors develop a series of causal mechanisms. Subsequently, they analyze to what extent these causal mechanisms could be applied to other cases, such as the one of Ukraine's democratization.

The book presents a theoretical framework, as well as conclusions and arguments that are instrumental for the better understanding of the democratization process in general, which could be useful for other countries to avoid the mistakes that were made in the cases of former Yugoslav republics. It, therefore, is a must-read for researchers and scholars of political science, as well as practitioners and policy-makers, interested in a better understanding of democratization, transformation processes, nation-building, and stateness.

The book argues that the unresolved stateness in the republics of the former Yugoslavia played a crucial role in determining the course and dynamics of their turbulent democratic transition. To support this claim, the authors develop a series of causal mechanisms. Subsequently, they analyze to what extent these causal mechanisms could be applied to other cases, such as the one of Ukraine's democratization.

The book presents a theoretical framework, as well as conclusions and arguments that are instrumental for the better understanding of the democratization process in general, which could be useful for other countries to avoid the mistakes that were made in the cases of former Yugoslav republics. It, therefore, is a must-read for researchers and scholars of political science, as well as practitioners and policy-makers, interested in a better understanding of democratization, transformation processes, nation-building, and stateness.

Weight: 471g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031048210
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022