Civil Society and Transitions in the Western Balkans

This book explores the ambiguous role played by civil society in the processes of state-building, democratization and post-conflict reconstruction in the Western Balkans challenging the assumption that civil society is always a force for good by analysing civil society actors and their effects in post-communist and post-conflict transition.

This book explores the ambiguous role played by civil society in the processes of state-building, democratization and post-conflict reconstruction in the Western Balkans challenging the assumption that civil society is always a force for good by analysing civil society actors and their effects in post-communist and post-conflict transition.

List of Tables Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Abbreviations Civil Society and Multiple Transitions: Meanings, Roles and Effects; D.Kostovicova & V.Bojicic-Dzelilovic PART I: STATE-BUILDING The European Commission, Enlargement Policy and Civil Society in the Western Balkans; J.O'Brennan Civil Society and 'Good Governance' in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia: An Assessment of EU Assistance and Intervention; A.Fagan Contesting the Rule of Law: Civil Society and Legal Institutions; I.Rangelov A Practitioner's Viewpoint; G.Venneri PART II: DEMOCRATISATION Democratisation Through Defiance? The Albanian Civil Organisation 'Self-Determination' and International Supervision in Kosovo; S.Schwandner-Sievers Nationalism and Civil Society Organisations in Post-Independence Kosovo; F.Strazzari & E.Selenica The Diaspora Dilemma: Croatian-American Civil Society Institutions and their Political Role in the Democratisation of the Homeland; A.Brkanic From Post-Communist to Uncivil Society in Macedonia; N.Markovic A Practitioner's Perspective; J.Hanson PART III: POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION Civil Society and the Bosnian Police Certification Process: Challenging 'the Guardians'; G.Collantes-Celador The Paradox of Demobilising a Civil Protection Actor: Build-up and Stand-down of the KPC in Kosovo; J.Narten Serbian Civil Society as an Exclusionary Space: NGOs, the Public and 'Coming to Terms with the Past'; J.Obradovic-Wochnik Facing the Past While Disregarding the Present? Human Rights NGOS and Truth-Telling in Post-Milosevic Serbia; M.Ostojic A Practitioner's Perspective; F.Hartmann Conclusion; J.Ker-Lindsay Index