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Since the Dayton Peace Agreement at the end of 1995, Bosnia-Hercegovina has been the focus of a major international intervention to transform a deeply-divided post-war territory into a politically viable, multi-ethnic and democratic state. This study places that state-making enterprise within the context of Bosnia's complex historical legacy - the background to the "Bosnian question" that emerged as Yugoslavia unravelled in 1991-2, and the social and political realities at ground level in post-war Bosnia. At the same time, Sumantra Bose seeks to bring a comparative perspective to the issues that make contemporary Bosnia significant far beyond its contested borders - debates over partition, the efficacy of international peace-building interventions, and the suitability of particular political-institutional frameworks to longer-term goals of coexistence and democratization.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2990137 in Books
• Published on: 2002-06-11
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 300 pages

About the Author
Sumantra Bose is Ralf Dahrendorf Fellow in Government at the London School of Economics, specialising in conflict and democratisation in divided societies. His previous books include The Challenge in Kashmir (1997) and States, Nations, Sovereignty: Sri Lanka, India and the Tamil Eelam Movement (1994).