Legitimacy: Yugoslav Lessons for Ukraine
- Wien : Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche (wiiw), 2016.
- 20 S., 30cm.
- wiiw Essays and Occasional Papers 2 .
- wiiw Essays and Occasional Papers 2 .
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.
legitimacy democracy constitutionalism international intervention state-building
Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Kosovo North Macedonia Montenegro Russia Serbia Ukraine Yugoslavia