Explaining municipal governance in Kosovo: local agency, credibility and party patronage.
What can explain the varied effectiveness of internationally led attempts at statebuilding? This article seeks to answer this question by comparing the contrasting trajectories of governance in two municipalities in Kosovo: Hani i Elezit/Elez Han and Kamenica. In Hani i Elezit, evidence suggests tha...
| Published in: | Journal of Southeast European & Black Sea Studies Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 165 - 185 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2018
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