Before even opening the book, Democracy by Decree: Prospects and Limits of Imposed Consociational
Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina captures the reader’s attention with its intriguing and provocative
title. But what author Adis Merdzanovic delivers in its pages is equally engaging. Merdzanovic
illustrates how the consociational power-sharing arrangements in Bosnia and Herzegovina were
imposed by the international community following the wars in the 1990s, rather than genuinely
initiated from inside a country, and have, perhaps unsurprisingly, largely failed.
Before even opening the book, Democracy by Decree: Prospects and Limits of Imposed Consociational
Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina captures the reader’s attention with its intriguing and provocative
title. But what author Adis Merdzanovic delivers in its pages is equally engaging. Merdzanovic
illustrates how the consociational power-sharing arrangements in Bosnia and Herzegovina were
imposed by the international community following the wars in the 1990s, rather than genuinely
initiated from inside a country, and have, perhaps unsurprisingly, largely failed.
Primary Language | English |
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Journal Section | Book Review |
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Publication Date | March 1, 2020 |
Published in Issue | Year 2020 |