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Legitimacy: Yugoslav Lessons for Ukraine

By: Gligorov, Vladimir.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: wiiw Essays and Occasional Papers: 2Publisher: Wien : Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw), 2016Description: 20 S., 30cm.Subject(s): legitimacy | democracy | constitutionalism | international intervention | state-buildingCountries covered: Bosnia and Herzegovina | Croatia | Kosovo | North Macedonia | Montenegro | Russia | Serbia | Ukraine | Yugoslaviawiiw Research Areas: Regional DevelopmentClassification: H10 | H77 | K100 | F510 Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: Summary Examples from the breakup of Yugoslavia and state-building in the successor states are used to highlight the political and constitutional choices facing Ukraine. The main lesson is that legitimacy is needed for constitution-building, which is needed for long-term state stability. Ethnic and other diversities are not crucially important except if they are used as a means for external interference.

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Examples from the breakup of Yugoslavia and state-building in the successor states are used to highlight the political and constitutional choices facing Ukraine. The main lesson is that legitimacy is needed for constitution-building, which is needed for long-term state stability. Ethnic and other diversities are not crucially important except if they are used as a means for external interference.

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