New Publication: Democracy by Decree

(openPR) We would like to call your attention to one of our recent publications:

Adis Merdzanovic
Democracy by Decree
Prospects and Limits of Imposed Consociational Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
ISBN 978-3-8382-0772-8

In this exceptional book, Adis Merdzanovic develops a theoretical and empirical approach to understanding consociational democracies that include external intervention. Using the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina, where the consociational Dayton Peace Agreement ended the three-year war between Serbs, Croats, and Bosniaks twenty years ago, it elaborates on the different approaches used in the past and gives practical recommendations for future state-building exercises by the international community.

"Merdzanovic's study presents a most welcome new assessment: He is the first scholar to scrutinize how the system of imposed consociationalism worked, or rather, didn't work, in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is a must-read for anybody interested in the history of the Balkans in general and current Bosnian politics in particular."
Josette Baer, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Find more information on the book here: http://www.ibidemverlag.de/Unser-Verlagsprogramm/Politikwissenschaften/Democracy-by-Decree.html