Political Science ETDs

Publication Date

Fall 12-15-2023

Abstract

The Dayton Peace Accord (DPA) in 1995 ended the civil war in Bosnia and Hercegovina and established a constitution for the newly institutionalizing state. It permitted the three ethnicities – Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs – to retain their wartime armed forces in place under ethnic command, a prerogative the Serbs guarded strenuously. International organizations, however, sought a single, multiethnic military institution for the whole of the country. In 2005, however, the Serbs reversed their opposition and agreed to the international organization preference. This study explores why Bosnia’s Serbian community reversed its earlier and acceded to the creation of a single multiethnic armed force. A qualitative analysis, the case applies the Advocacy Coalition Framework from public policy’s theoretical literature and scholarship on state building, military power sharing, coercion analyses and veto theory.

Degree Name

Political Science

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Political Science

First Committee Member (Chair)

Michael S Rocca

Second Committee Member

Sergio J Ascencio Bonfil

Third Committee Member

John J. Mearsheimer

Fourth Committee Member

Mark Peceny

Language

English

Keywords

Bosnia, Coercion, Power Sharing, Serbs

Document Type

Dissertation

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