Affiliation:
1. a) Professor of Southeast European Studies Director of the Centre for Southeast European Studies University of Graz, Austria
2. b) Institute of Social Sciences in Belgrade, Serbia1
Abstract
The development of democracy in the successor states of Yugoslavia illustrates the whole range of differences among these states: from Slovenia which is considered most advanced and consolidated, over Croatia which is on its way to become a consolidated democratic state, to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia which are seen as still very fragile zones for democracy to take roots in. While scholars refer to these latter cases as to failed or unconsolidated democracies, this article argues against the common theoretical framework and calls for the use of different theoretical and methodological tools to measure the (un)success of these states. For this purpose this article discusses the main (internal) features and weaknesses of these democracies and points at a number of external factors and internal objective circumstances, which (unintentionally) hinder the process of democratization.
Subject
Political Science and International Relations,Sociology and Political Science,History,Cultural Studies
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