Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 1189159
State Capture in the Western Balkans
State Capture in the Western Balkans // Perspectives, Political Analysis and Commentary : Southeastern Europe, (2017), 3; 35-40 (podatak o recenziji nije dostupan, pregledni rad, stručni)
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Naslov
State Capture in the Western Balkans
Autori
Runje, Leon
Izvornik
Perspectives, Political Analysis and Commentary : Southeastern Europe (9539-7789)
(2017), 3;
35-40
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, pregledni rad, stručni
Ključne riječi
State Capture, Western Balkans, Corruption, Socialism, South East Europe
(State Capture, Western Balkans, Corruption, socialism, South East Europe)
Sažetak
This article focuses on the many factors that contribute to the relatively strong ability of political parties in Western Balkan states to perpetrate state capture. It finds the most acute ones to be the socialist legacy of the region, the subsequent international isolation as well as the bloody break-up of Yugoslavia. The ethnic divisions within most states of the region, which arose from the war as well as the region’s strategic position on the Balkan route of the refugee crisis which exploded in 2015, give the political parties continuing internal and international leverage for maintaining political power. This power is otherwise based primarily on the support of clientelist networks. Unfortunately, this modus operandi comes from a strong legacy of para-state activity and hostility towards government institutions throughout the region’s history.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
Politologija, Interdisciplinarne društvene znanosti
