Kosovo – A study in Peacebuilding after Secession and the Role of External Actors

June 2017 University of Leiden Mihailo Jovetic English

Since the end of the conflict in 1999 and its unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia, Kosovo has been subject to several international peacekeeping and peacebuilding missions. This thesis looks at what impact external actors can have in the peacebuilding process after secession and to what extent they can accelerate or hinder the process of state-building and developing of institutions. The thesis makes use of a proto-theory which sketches several variables by which one can determine to what extent there is good governance in a state. The conclusion of the research is that external actors have even more influence in Kosovo than was expected, and that this influence is embedded in the institutional design of Kosovo due to the way Kosovo became what it is today.

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