ICG Bosnia: Doing Democracy A Disservice: 1998 Elections In Bosnia And Herzegovina

<body bgcolor="#ffffff"> <table width="520" border="0"> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <table cellpadding="0" border="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <img src="../../../images/t_bosnia.gif" width="292" height="74" alt border="0"></td> <td valign="top"><img src="../../../images/tnav.gif" width="226" height="74" alt border="0" usemap="#tnav"></td> <map name="tnav"> <area shape="rect" coords="6,14,115,28" href="../../../projects/bosnia/Default.html" target="main"> <area shape="rect" coords="7,29,97,43" href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports.html" target="main"> <area shape="rect" coords="8,47,57,57" href="../../../projects/bosnia/map.html" target="main"> <area shape="default" nohref> </map> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" rowspan="3"><img src="../../../images/clear.gif" width="10" height="1" border="0"></td> <td align="left" valign="top"> <a name="top"><h1>Doing Democracy A Disservice: 1998 Elections In Bosnia And Herzegovina </h1></a> <p class="small">9 September 1998</p> <br> <h2>Contents</h2> <ul> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#exec">Executive Summary</a> <p> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#1">Introduction</a> <p> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#2">The Nature Of Bosnian Democracy</a> <ol class="small" type="1"> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#2a">Environment</a> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#2b">Post-War Electoral Experience</a> <ol class="small" type="a"> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#2b1">Legacy of Flawed 1996 Elections</a> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#2b2">Political Failings</a> </ol> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#2c">Post-War Electoral Experience</a> <ol class="small" type="a"> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#2c1">Creeping Protectorate</a> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#2c2">Attempts to Loosen the Grip of the Ruling Ethnically-based Parties</a> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#2c3">Changes to Electoral Law</a> </ol> </ol> <p> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#3">The Various Polls And Their Likely Outcomes</a> <ol class="small" type="1"> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#3a">Elections To The Common Institutions</a> <ol class="small" type="a"> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#3a1">Three-Member Presidency</a> <ol class="small" type="1"> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#3a1a">Serb Member of the Presidency</a> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#3a1b">Bosniac Member of the Presidency</a> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#3a1c">Croat Member of the Presidency</a> </ol> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#3a2">House of Representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina</a> </ol> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#3b">Republika Srpska Elections</a> <ol class="small" type="a"> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#3b1">President</a> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#3b2">National Assembly</a> </ol> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#3c">Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina</a> <ol class="small" type="a"> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#3c1">House of Representatives</a> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#3c2">Cantonal Elections</a> </ol> </ol> <p> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#4">Fundamental Flaws And Potential Solutions</a> <ol class="small" type="1"> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#4a">Absence Of Ethnic Security</a> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#4b">Consequences of Flaws</a> <ol class="small" type="a"> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#4b1">Obstacle to Peace Process and Especially Refugee Return</a> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#4b2">Voting with Feet</a> </ol> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#4c">Permanent Electoral Law</a> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#4d">ICG's Electoral Proposal</a> </ol> <p> <li><a href="../../../projects/bosnia/reports/bh40rep.html#5">Conclusion</a> </ul> </td> </tr> </table>