TY - JOUR
T1 - International justice and domestic politics
T2 - Post-Tudjman Croatia and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
AU - Peskin, Victor
AU - Boduszynski, Miecsłzysaw P.
N1 - Funding Information:
Field research for this article was carried out by both authors in Croatia between October 2001 and August 2002. Peskin also conducted research at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague during this period. Peskin is grateful to the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, the United States Institute of Peace and the Human Rights Center at the University of California, Berkeley for providing funding and support that made research for this article and his doctoral dissertation possible. Boduszyński is grateful to the Fulbright Program and the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) for supporting research for this article as well as his dissertation fieldwork. The IREX grant is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the United States Department of State, which administers the Title VIII Program, and the IREX Scholar Support Fund. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the above-mentioned institutions. The authors wish to acknowledge the valuable comments received from Robert A. Kagan, Edward Walker, Keith Brown, Chris Shortell, Matt Murphy and three anonymous reviewers. An earlier version of this article appeared as a Berkeley Program in Soviet and Post-Soviet Studies working paper. The authors can be contacted at vpeskin@uclink4.berkeley.edu (Peskin) and mbod@socrates.berkeley.edu (Boduszyński).
PY - 2003/11
Y1 - 2003/11
N2 - NO ISSUE HAS POLARISED the post-authoritarian Croatian political scene as much as the issue of cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Although the pro-Western regime that came to power in January 2000 promised to reverse the anti-ICTY policies of its nationalist and authoritarian predecessor, it soon became clear that such cooperation was easier promised than delivered. Domestic political battles over whether and how much to cooperate with the United Nations tribunal based in The Hague have been intense, often dominating the media and at times sparking street demonstrations. The viability of Croatia's governing coalition and the fledgling party system have been tested frequently on the tribunal issue. Within the ruling coalition, unity has given way to internecine conflict over the terms of government policy toward the tribunal. This article aims to shed light on the politics of state cooperation with the ICTY by addressing the factors that have made the issue so volatile in Croatia.
AB - NO ISSUE HAS POLARISED the post-authoritarian Croatian political scene as much as the issue of cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Although the pro-Western regime that came to power in January 2000 promised to reverse the anti-ICTY policies of its nationalist and authoritarian predecessor, it soon became clear that such cooperation was easier promised than delivered. Domestic political battles over whether and how much to cooperate with the United Nations tribunal based in The Hague have been intense, often dominating the media and at times sparking street demonstrations. The viability of Croatia's governing coalition and the fledgling party system have been tested frequently on the tribunal issue. Within the ruling coalition, unity has given way to internecine conflict over the terms of government policy toward the tribunal. This article aims to shed light on the politics of state cooperation with the ICTY by addressing the factors that have made the issue so volatile in Croatia.
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U2 - 10.1080/0966813032000130710
DO - 10.1080/0966813032000130710
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0242406958
SN - 0966-8136
VL - 55
SP - 1117
EP - 1142
JO - Europe - Asia Studies
JF - Europe - Asia Studies
IS - 7
ER -