Dejtonski veto igrači u političkom sistemu Bosne i Hercegovine
Dayton-Established Veto Players in the Political System of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Author(s): Dejan Bursać
Subject(s): International relations/trade, Inter-Ethnic Relations
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu
Keywords: Dayton; Dayton Agreement; Bosnia and Herzegovina; veto players; George Tsebelis; legislative process; stability; institutions
Summary/Abstract: Author is examining the constellation of veto players in the political system of Bosnia and Herzegovina through the analysis of institutions formed by the Dayton Peace Agreement, more precisely by its Fourth Annex: The constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The creators of this document, having in mind the need for ethnic balance in the peace-building process, established complex internal institutional structure and complicated set of procedures. During the course of this research, the number, relations and other features of veto players are established on the basis laid in the works of American political scientist George Tsebelis. He researched the impact of veto players on legislative status quo, and, subsequently, on policy stability. It should be emphasized that our paper will primarily focus on institutional veto players established by the Dayton Agreement, but nevertheless we will also shortly examine other actors that do not necessarily derive from the peace process, such as political parties. The application of veto players’ theory can be used not just in the assessment of stability, efficiency and persistence of the “Dayton system” in Bosnia and Herzegovina in general, but also more narrowly – in the analysis of singular institutional solutions created by the 1995 peace agreement.

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