Bojicic-Dzelilovic, Vesna 
ORCID: 0000-0002-7831-9316 and Kostovicova, Denisa ORCID: 0000-0002-6243-4379
(2013)
Europeanisation and conflict networks: private sector development in post-conflict Bosnia-Herzegovina.
East European Politics, 29 (2).
pp. 19-35.
ISSN 2159-9165
Abstract
Focusing on conflict legacy, this article contributes to the study of domestic mediating conditions as an explanation of “shallow Europeanisation” in the Western Balkans, defined as a disconnect between European rules and local practices. It critiques the prevalent neo-Weberian understanding of state capacity, which highlights rule-enforcement capability of state institutions, but reduces conflict legacy to a question of resources. The article argues that a relational approach to state capacity which attributes its strength to enduring ties among state and non-state actors better captures the challenge to European Union (EU)-driven domestic transformation in a post-conflict context. A case study of the Hercegovina Holding is used to unravel a Bosnian Croat network originating during the 1992–1995 Bosnian war. The empirical evidence of the network's operation illustrates how key EU benchmarks for private sector development can be undermined, making a case for a more rigorous conceptualisation of conflict legacy as a domestic constraint on the EU's leverage.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Official URL: | http://www.tandfonline.com/action/aboutThisJournal... |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 Taylor & Francis Group |
| Divisions: | European Institute Government Conflict and Civil Society Justice and Security Research Programme |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions |
| Date Deposited: | 29 Nov 2012 10:37 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Mar 2025 23:51 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/47468 |
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
