TY - BOOK ID - 14467604 TI - Post-War Statebuilding and Constitutional Reform in Divided Societies: Beyond Dayton in Bosnia PY - 2014 SN - 9781137336873 DB - UniCat KW - NATION-BUILDING--BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA KW - CONSTITUTIONAL LAW--BOSNIA AND HERCEGOVINA KW - DAYTON PEACE ACCORDS (1995) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14467604 AB - This book focuses on the experience of statebuilding and constitution-making after violent conflict. Using the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of Europe's most divided societies, as a vehicle to reflect on the fundamental questions of post-war statebuilding, the book asks under what circumstances external factors may affect the interests, goals, and strategies of local actors in post-conflict, divided settings. Providing an in-depth study of constitutional reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the book focuses on the reform of Dayton and the aftermath of these attempted reforms from 2006 to 2013 that many analysts have considered the beginning of a period in which the statebuilding process began to unravel amidst increasing inter-ethnic tensions. With a range of interviews from key players involved in the state-building process, the author explores the interactions between international and local elites in the unfolding of statebuilding, and questions why Bosnia and Herzegovina went into such decline after 2006. This process-driven and actor-centric approach brings new perspectives to the debate on post-conflict statebuilidng, informing policy decisions in peacebuilding, and statebuilding processes in Bosnia and Herzegovina and other divided societies. ER -