Vetoes, Ethnic Bidding, Decentralisation: Post-Conflict Education in Macedonia
Publisher: ECMI Volume: 23 pages, pdf Description: This article focuses on political elites in post-conflict Macedonia and investigates how political elites interact – to accommodate or resist each other – across ethnic lines. Theoretically, the analysis draws upon institutionalist literature, in particular literature on power-sharing institutions and ethnic outbidding among ethnic political parties. Building on this framework, the article proceeds to develop three arguments relating to power-sharing and ethnic outbidding: one on the effects of ethnic outbidding on elite accommodation, and two on the impact of power-sharing structures (veto mechanisms and territoriality) on ethnic elite accommodation.