Perspectives - Stabilocracy and/or Radicalization?

Series

It seems that the expected transition to democracy and free market economy in ‘western Balkans’ has become a never-ending story. Societies are weak, pluralism develops slowly and with great difficulties, political elites still dominate, and economies are still dependent either on political authorities or on international companies. At the same time, we bear witness to authoritarianism, intolerance, more or less constant popular support to the same political leaders or parties who get re-elected in spite of the poor economic and social performance of their respective governments, and the widespread corruption.

Product details
Date of Publication
November 2019
Publisher
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Office Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Albania)
Number of Pages
100
Licence
Language of publication
english
Table of contents

Introduction

2 Never-Ending Transition

Srđan Dvornik

6 Radicalisations. Creating Wars, For Now Without Weapons

Marion Kraske

Suffocated By Stability

11 Populism As Business As (Un)Usual

Zlatiborka Popov Momčinović

17 Features Of Competitive Authoritarian Rule In The Western Balkans

Florian Bieber

23 Illiberal Tendencies In Croatia After Trump And Brexit

Dario Čepo

28 The Hidden Radicalism Of The Ruling Ideologies

Nerzuk Ćurak

Radicalisation Against External ‘Others’

34 Between The Humanitarian And The Securitized Approach To The Refugee Crisis In Croatia: Is There An Alternative

To Policies Grounded In Populism?


Viktor Koska

40 A Croatian Story: “An Extraordinary EU Member” At The Price Of Human Rights

Boris Pavelić

Perpetuating Past Wars

46 Unrealised In The Wars Of The ‘90s, The Idea Of An All-Serb State Is Maintained By Other Means In Peace

Latinka Perović

53 Revisionism In Croatia 1989-2019

Ivo Goldstein

59 The Different Faces Of Fascism

Erich Rathfelder

Radicalisation And Maintenance Of Power

63 The ‘Stability’ Of Albanian Democracy Without Rule Of Law: Political Polarization, Captured Institutions And

Periodical Crisis

Arolda Elbasani

69 ‘Fool’s Gold’: The Macedonian Journey From Stabilitocracy To Radicalization And Back

Biljana Vankovska

75 Europe’s Longest-Standing Leader Survives With Western Support, While Oppressively Ruling The Country

Milka Tadić

79 Stabilitocracy And Political Stability – A View From Serbia

Vladimir Veljković

85 Non-Implementation Of Ecthr And BH Constitutional Court Decisions In The Rule Of Law And Policy Context

Dženana Karup Druško

Civil Society Vs Establishment

90 Another View – In The Eye Of The Political Storm. Stabilo-Radical Rhapsody In Montenegro

Damir Nikočević, Daliborka Uljarević

93 On The Margins Of Political Discourse

Gresa Hasa