The Improvised State

The Improvised State provides a highly developed account of the nature and outcomes of Bosnian state practices since the Dayton Peace Agreement. Jeffrey presents new and significant theories, based on extensive fieldwork in Bosnia, which advance understanding of state building. Provides a major contribution to recent academic debates as to the nature of the state after violent conflict, and offers invaluable insights into state building Introduces the idea of state improvisation, where improvisation refers to a process of both performance and resourcefulness Uses the theoretical framework of Pierre Bourdieu to explore how powerful agencies have attempted to present a coherent vision of Bosnia and Herzegovina following the conflict 1992-5 Advances our understanding of the Bosnian state by focusing on the practices of statecraft fostered in the post-Dayton era Research based on four periods of residential fieldwork in Bosnia, which allowed a detailed analysis of political practices in the country

The Improvised State provides a highly developed account of the nature and outcomes of Bosnian state practices since the Dayton Peace Agreement. Jeffrey presents new and significant theories, based on extensive fieldwork in Bosnia, which advance understanding of state building.* Provides a major contribution to recent academic debates as to the nature of the state after violent conflict, and offers invaluable insights into state building* Introduces the idea of state improvisation, where improvisation refers to a process of both performance and resourcefulness* Uses the theoretical framework of Pierre Bourdieu to explore how powerful agencies have attempted to present a coherent vision of Bosnia and Herzegovina following the conflict 1992-5* Advances our understanding of the Bosnian state by focusing on the practices of statecraft fostered in the post-Dayton era* Research based on four periods of residential fieldwork in Bosnia, which allowed a detailed analysis of political practices in the country

List of Figures ixSeries Editors' Preface xAcknowledgements xiAbbreviations xiii1 Introduction 11.1 States, Performance and Improvisation 41.2 Towards a Political Anthropology of the Bosnian State 71.3 Critical Geopolitics and Qualitative Research Strategy131.4 Structure of the Book 162 The Improvised State 202.1 The State Idea 222.2 Performance and Performativity 262.3 Improvisation: Performed Resourcefulness 322.4 Improvising the State 383 Producing Bosnia and Herzegovina 413.1 Fault Line 443.2 Barrier 503.3 The Balkan Vortex 623.4 The General Framework Agreement for Peace 673.5 Conclusion 704 Performing Brèko District 724.1 Brèko District and Arbitration 754.2 Stability: Getting the Job Done 854.3 Security: Constructing Legality 914.4 Neutralization: Making People Think 974.5 Conclusion 1025 Gentrifying Civil Society 1075.1 Building Civil Society 1115.2 Social Capital: The Autonomy of Civil Society 1155.3 Cultural Capital: 'Don ' t Just Ask for AnotherCopy Machine!' 1185.4 Beyond Gentrified Civil Society: Roma and Mjesne Zajednice1235.5 Conclusion 1296 Enacting Justice 1326.1 Spaces of Justice 1346.2 Contesting the State 1396.3 Enrolling Civil Society 1456.4 Conclusion 1537 Becoming European 1567.1 Europeanization and the State 1587.2 Nested Balkanism 1627.3 Conclusion 1668 Conclusion 169References 179Index 197