Postwar political economy in Bosnia and Herzegovina: the spoils of peace.

From: Global Governance | Date: October 1, 2002| Author: Pugh, Michael | Copyright information

In postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), international and local captains maneuver to assert control and negotiate areas of collaboration. In each of the Croat and Bosniac areas of the Federation and in the Serb-controlled Republika Srpska (RS), the major political elements that took Bosnia into war now also enjoy the economic spoils in their geographical sectors. Central institutions remain weak in BiH, undermined by war entrepreneurs and patrimonial elites that interact with inte...

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