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Creating Kosovo

Elton Skendaj
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      In shaping the institutions of a new country, what interventions from international actors lead to success and failure? Elton Skendaj’s investigation into Kosovo, based on national survey data, interviews, and focus groups conducted over ten months of fieldwork, leads to some surprising answers. Creating Kosovo highlights efforts to build the police force, the central government, courts, and a customs service. Skendaj finds that central administration and the courts, which had been developed under local authority, succumbed to cronyism and corruption, challenging the premise that local "ownership" leads to more effective state bureaucracies. The police force and customs service, directly managed by international actors, were held to a meritocratic standard, fulfilling their missions and winning public respect. On the other hand, local participation and contestation supported democratic institutions. When international actors supported the demobilization of popular movements, they undermined the ability of the public to hold elected officials accountable.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Elton Skendaj EAN: 9780801452949 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 454 g HEIGHT: 238 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cornell University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2014-12-18 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General WIDTH: 168 cm SPINE:

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      International relations, European history

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      Elton Skendaj is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Miami. He was a European Studies Research Scholar at the Wilson Center in 2011.
      In shaping the institutions of a new country, what interventions from international actors lead to success and failure? Elton Skendaj’s investigation into Kosovo, based on national survey data, interviews, and focus groups conducted over ten months of fieldwork, leads to some surprising answers. Creating Kosovo highlights efforts to build the police force, the central government, courts, and a customs service. Skendaj finds that central administration and the courts, which had been developed under local authority, succumbed to cronyism and corruption, challenging the premise that local "ownership" leads to more effective state bureaucracies. The police force and customs service, directly managed by international actors, were held to a meritocratic standard, fulfilling their missions and winning public respect. On the other hand, local participation and contestation supported democratic institutions. When international actors supported the demobilization of popular movements, they undermined the ability of the public to hold elected officials accountable.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Elton Skendaj EAN: 9780801452949 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 454 g HEIGHT: 238 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cornell University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2014-12-18 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General WIDTH: 168 cm SPINE:

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      International relations, European history

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      Elton Skendaj is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Miami. He was a European Studies Research Scholar at the Wilson Center in 2011.

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