State-building in the Western Balkans

Soeren Keil is Lecturer in International Relations at Canterbury Christ Church, UK. His research focuses on the political systems of the post-Yugoslav states, in particular forms of territorial and non-territorial autonomy. He is the author of Multinational Federalism in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Ashgate, 2013) and numerous articles on the political development of the former Yugoslav states and the role of the European Union in the region.

• 1. Introduction: Europeanization, state-building and democratization in the Western Balkans 2. International statebuilding as contentious politics: the case of post conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina 3. The OSCE Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Testing the limits of ownership 4. “Quadratic nexus” and the process of democratization and state-building in Albania and Kosovo: a comparison 5. Cutting the mists of the Black Mountain: Cleavages in Montenegro’s divide over statehood and identity 6. The role of the EU in promoting good governance in Macedonia: towards efficiency and effectiveness or deliberative democracy? 7. Another “strategic accession”? The EU and Serbia (2000–2010) 8. Conclusion: EU Member State-Building in the Western Balkans: (Prolonged) EU-protectorates or new model of sustainable enlargement?