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

Daniel Silander; John Janzekovitz

doi:10.2478/v10223-012-0053-1

Authors

Daniel Silander Linnaeus University
John Janzekovitz University of Sunshine Coast

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2478/v10223-012-0053-1

Keywords:

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

Abstract

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.

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Author Biographies

Daniel Silander, Linnaeus University

Daniel Silander is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science at Linnaeus University, Sweden. Dr Silander has conducted research on state-building and democratization in Eastern Europe with a particular interest in international politics over Kosovo. Other areas of research interest are political regimes, international socialisation, international norms and the regional role of the European Union in neighboring states.

John Janzekovitz, University of Sunshine Coast

John Janzekovic is lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at University of Sunshine Coast, Australia. Dr Janzekovic research interests include international and humanitarian law, interventionist politics, peace and conflict studies, terrorism and military ethics. His publications include articles on humanitarian intervention, international humanitarian law, the ethics and politics of intervention, and case studies of the conflict in Bosnia Herzegovina and Kosovo.

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