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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Part I: Introduction: Theoretical and Empirical Dimensions -- Chapter 1: The Emergence and Regression of Federal Structures: Theoretical Lenses and Analytical Dimensions -- Federal Arrangements as Institutional Orders in Flux -- Conceptual Clarifications in Research on Federal Arrangements -- Why Do Federal Structures Emerge, and How Do They Function in Practice? -- Processes of Adaptation: Federal Society as a Source of Federalization -- Federalization and the Accommodation of Ethno-cultural Groups -- Informal Practices: Heralding or Etiolating Federal Systems? -- Federalization as Part of the Democratization Agenda -- Federal Institutions as a Prerequisite of Authoritarian Rule -- Federal Structures and Peacebuilding -- Imposed Federal Structures vs. 'Putting Together Federalism' -- Analytical Dimensions and Case Selection -- References -- Part II: Case Studies -- Chapter 2: Belgium: Federalism as a Stopover? -- From Consensus Democracy to Consensus Federation: The Triggers of Federalization -- From Consensus Federation to Centrifugal Federation: The Problems of Gradual Institutional Reform -- From Solution to Problem: How Federalism Affects Coordination and Democracy -- Conclusion: The Paradox of Federalism -- References -- Chapter 3: Spain and the United Kingdom: Between Unitary State Tradition and Federalization -- Introduction -- The Territorial Question in Historical Context -- Spain -- UK -- Examining the Accommodation Framework: Recognition, Self-rule and Shared Rule -- Symbolic Recognition -- Self-rule -- Shared Rule -- Ongoing Challenges: Between Centralization and Disintegration -- Secessionism -- The Unitary Mindset -- The Precarious Plurinational and Federal Spirit.

This compilation of essays by scholars from the region, Western Europe, and the US, explores the intersection of international politics in the post-Yugoslav states with a focus on the influence and impact of the European Union, the United States, Russia, China, and Turkey. The implications of external actors' policy in the region for its Euro-Atlantic integration, its security, and stability are examined and discussed. In assessing the importance of the post-Yugoslav states for the EU and US and the current trend of disengagement by these two democratic actors in the region, answers are revealed regarding the question whether we are seeing a new Eastern Question emerging in the post-Yugoslav states. Likewise, when looking at the role of Russia, China, and Turkey in the region—and in contrast to European and US policies—, it becomes obvious to what extent the region, once again, is becoming the playground of Great Power games and wider geopolitical strategic interests. The analytical time frame covers the period 1991–2018. The changes in the foreign policies of great powers are explored as they relate to the institutional set-up of the region. For instance, do the changes affect the EU's hegemony in the region? Do Russia, China, and Turkey actively contribute to changing the rules of the game in the region—be it the accession process or regional cooperation?

This compilation of essays by scholars from the region, Western Europe, and the US, explores the intersection of international politics in the post-Yugoslav states with a focus on the influence and impact of the European Union, the United States, Russia, China, and Turkey.

Chapter 1. Power-Sharing in Europe: From Adoptability to End-ability (Allison McCulloch ) -- Chapter 2. Consociationalism in the Netherlands: Pillar Talk and Polder Politics (Matthijs Bogaards) -- Chapter 3. Power-Sharing in Austria: Consociationalism, Corporatism, and Federalism (Peter Bussjaeger and Mirella M. Johler) -- Chapter 4. The Politics of Compromise: Institutions and Actors of Power-Sharing in Switzerland (Sean Mueller) -- Chapter 5. Power-Sharing in Belgium: The Disintegrative Model (Patricia Popelier) -- Chapter 6. Power-Sharing and Party Politics in the Balkans (John Hulsey and Soeren Keil) -- Chapter 7. Towards Inclusive Power-Sharing in Northern Ireland: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back (Cera Murtagh) -- Chapter 8. South Tyrol's Model of Conflict Resolution: Territorial Autonomy and Power-Sharing (Elisabeth Alber.)- Chapter 9. A Consociational Compromise? Constitutional Evolution in Spain and Catalonia (Paul Anderson) -- Chapter 10. Why Has Cyprus Been a Consociational Cemetery? (John McGarry) -- Chapter 11. Conclusion (Soeren Keil and Allison McCulloch).

1. Constitutional reform processes in Bosnia and Herzegovina : top-down failure, bottom-up potential, continued stalemate / Valery Perry -- 2. Party politics in Bosnia and Herzegovina / John Hulsey -- 3. Building the rule of law : judicial reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina / Meagan Smith-Hrle -- 4. Virtual deterrence : BiH's institutionalized insecurity and the international flight from responsibility / Kurt W. Bassuener -- 5. Post-war economic transition in Bosnia and Herzegovina : a challenging transformation / Adnan Efendic and Azra Hadziahmetovic -- 6. No exit : the decline of the international administration in Bosnia and Herzegovina / Mateja Peter -- 7. Successes and failures of transitional justice in BiH : the case of the ICTY -- Iva Vukusic -- 8. Leader-dominated ethnic parties and dysfunctional institutional design in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo / Tina Mavrikos-Adamou -- 9. Power-sharing success and failures in the western Balkans / Soeren Keil.

"This book critically examines the process of statebuilding by the EU, focusing on its attempts to build Member States in the Western Balkan region. This book analyses the European Union's policies towards, and the impact they have, upon the states of the Western Balkans, and assesses how these affect the nature of EU foreign policy. To this end, it focuses on the tools and mechanisms that the EU employs in its enlargement policy and examines the new instruments of direct intervention (in Bosnia and Kosovo), political coercion (in the case of Croatia and Serbia in relation to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia), and stricter conditionality in the Western Balkan countries. The book discusses the key aim of this special form of statebuilding, which is to establish functional liberal-democratic states in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia in order for them to join the EU and to cope with the responsibilities and pressures of membership in the future. However, the authors argue that while the EU sees itself as an international actor that promotes and protects liberal-democratic values, norms and principles, its experiences in the Western Balkans demonstrate how the EU.

"This book critically examines the process of statebuilding by the EU, focusing on its attempts to build Member States in the Western Balkan region. This book analyses the European Union's policies towards, and the impact they have, upon the states of the Western Balkans, and assesses how these affect the nature of EU foreign policy. To this end, it focuses on the tools and mechanisms that the EU employs in its enlargement policy and examines the new instruments of direct intervention (in Bosnia and Kosovo), political coercion (in the case of Croatia and Serbia in relation to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia), and stricter conditionality in the Western Balkan countries. The book discusses the key aim of this special form of statebuilding, which is to establish functional liberal-democratic states in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia in order for them to join the EU and to cope with the responsibilities and pressures of membership in the future. However, the authors argue that while the EU sees itself as an international actor that promotes and protects liberal-democratic values, norms and principles, its experiences in the Western Balkans demonstrate how the EU