Open AccessRegime Transition in a Disintegrating Yugoslavia: The Law-of-Rule vs. The Rule-of-Law
Author(s) -
Lenard J. Cohen
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
the carl beck papers in russian and east european studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2163-839X
pISSN - 0889-275X
DOI - 10.5195/cbp.1992.52
Subject(s) - democratization , rule of law , authoritarianism , successor cardinal , democracy , political science , consolidation (business) , democratic consolidation , military rule , political economy , law , transitional justice , sociology , economics , human rights , politics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , accounting
Democratic transition -- that indeterminate phase between the end of an authoritarian regime and the consolidation of democratic rule -- is always a difficult and challenging period for the members of a society. In the case of Yugoslavia, problems of democratization during the early 1990's were complicated by particularly intense ethnic and inter-regional conflicts, leading eventually to an armed struggle with a very high loss of life, and widespread societal disruption. Indeed, by early 1992 the "Yugoslav crisis" had led to the disintegration of the country, and the emergence of a number of successor states.