State-Building and Democracy: Prosperity, Representation and Security in Kosovo

• Authors: Daniel Silander , John Janzekovitz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The traditional assumption of the state sovereignty norm has been that an international society of states will structure the international order to safeguard the interests of the state. The end of the Cold War era transformed international relations and led to a discussion on how states interacted with their populations. From the early 1990s, research on international relations, war and peace, and security studies identified the growing problem of failing states. Such states are increasingly unable to implement the core functions that define the sovereignty norms. This article explores the state-building process of Kosovo with a focus on the political road taken from independence in February 2008 to the challenges Kosovo faces today. Kosovo still has substantial issues to address regarding core state functions in the development of prosperity, popular representation and security.

Keywords

EN

Failing state; State-building; Prosperity; Security; Representation; Kosovo

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: International Studies. Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 14
• Pages: 39-52

Dates

published

2012-10-01

received

accepted

online

2012-11-01

Contributors

author

Daniel Silander

• Linnaeus University, Universitetsplatsen 1, 352 52 Växjö, Sweden

author

John Janzekovitz

• University of Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, QLD 4556 Australia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10223-012-0053-1