Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Polity on the Brink

This book traces the development of the Bosnian territory over the last hundred years. It begins with Bosnia's existence as an autonomous entity within the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian Empires at the beginning of the century, take you though its Yugoslav Kingdom/Communist state manifestations and culminates with Bosnia's emergence as a nation-state at the end of the century.

Francine Friedman in Associate Professor of Political Science at Ball State University, USA.

List of illustrations

xi

Preface

xiii

Acknowledgments

xv

List of abbreviations

xvi

Introduction

1

(4)

1 The roots of conflict

5

(29)

The setting

5

(1)

The early years

6

(2)

The Ottoman period

8

(2)

The Austro-Hungarian period

10

(2)

Bosnia in the First World War

12

(1)

The Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes

13

(1)

The interwar period

14

(4)

The Second World War

18

(3)

Communist domination

21

(6)

The economic decline of Yugoslavia

27

(7)

2 The dissolution of Yugoslavia

34

(25)

War in Slovenia

35

(3)

War in Croatia

38

(3)

War in Bosnia and Herzegovina

41

(4)

International involvement in Bosnia

45

(14)

3 Post-cold war domestic politics and political prospects

59

(33)

The Dayton Peace Accords

60

(12)

Ethnic-based representation and elections

72

(4)

War criminals and The Hague

76

(1)

The media

77

(1)

Refugee return

78

(4)

IPTF

82

(1)

Brcko

83

(1)

Role of religion within the political system

83

(1)

Corruption of the political and social system

84

(8)

4 Bosnia's economic performance and outlook

92

(19)

Effects of the war

92

(1)

Forecasting Bosnia's economic future

93

(1)

Bosnia's economic position

94

(5)

Privatization

99

(1)

The financial sector

99

(1)

The environment

100

(1)

The rural-urban dimension and industrialization

101

(2)

Corruption

103

(1)

International financial assistance to Bosnia

104

(4)

Republika Srpska

108

(1)

Herceg-Bosna

108

(1)

Economic prospects

109

(2)

5 Bosnia's future prospects: international relations and inter-national relations

111

(15)

Bosnia in the post-cold war era

112

(3)

United Nations

115

(1)

Bosnia and the Western allies

115

(3)

Bosnia's relations with its neighbors

118

(1)

Bosnia's relations with Muslim states

119

(1)

Inter-nationalism in Bosnia and Herzegovina

120

(1)

Nationalism

120

(1)

National identity in Bosnia

121

(2)

Concluding thoughts

123

(3)

Notes

126

(50)

Bibliography

176

(10)

Index

186

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