Abstract
Kosovo has been under various forms of international administration since 1999. Although the political dimension of this international experience has been widely studied by scholars — especially those associated with the critical theory of liberal peacebuilding — the economic dimension of international rule has received less attention. This article explores the economic dimension by linking insights from rentier theory with critical approaches to liberal peacebuilding and statebuilding. The postulate informing this article is that the sources of a state's income have an impact on its institutional development. The article discusses liberal peacebuilding through the lens of rentier theory, it analyses the economic management in the early years of the international administration of Kosovo, and describes and explores some of the unintended consequences of this massive international presence in Kosovo for the local economy
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 517-541 |
Journal | Development and Change |
Volume | 47 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 28 Mar 2016 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - May 2016 |
Keywords
- International administration
- Dutch disease
- Political economy
- Liberal peace
- Balkans