Original scientific paper

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Consociational or Liberal Democracy?

Mirjana Kasapović ; Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The author discusses the nature of the political system in Bosnia
and Herzegovina and the possible outcome of the country’s institutional
reforms. The article begins with giving a detailed overview of
the structure of the main political institutions and it continues with
presenting and evaluating favorable and unfavorable factors of consociationalism in BiH. In the conclusion, the author analyzes the political implications of the suggested constitutional reforms.

Keywords

Bosnia and Herzegovina; Consociational democracy; constitutional reforms; political consensus

Hrčak ID:

20742

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/20742

Publication date:

12.6.2006.

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