Issues of local ownership in Kosovo's security sector. Issue 3 (3rd July 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Qehaja, Florian; Prezelj, Iztok
• Is Part Of: Journal of southeast European and Black Sea studies. Volume 17:Issue 3(2017)
• Page Start: 403
• Page End: 419
• Publication Date: 2017-07-03
• Subjects: Local ownership -- security sector development -- Kosovo -- EULEX; Balkan Peninsula -- Economic conditions -- 20th century -- Periodicals; Balkan Peninsula -- Politics and government -- 1989- -- Periodicals; Geopolitics -- Balkan Peninsula -- Periodicals; Black Sea Region -- Economic conditions -- 20th century -- Periodicals; Black Sea Region -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Periodicals; Geopolitics -- Black Sea Region -- Periodicals; 330.9496
• DOI: 10.1080/14683857.2017.1324279
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1468-3857

Abstract

Abstract: Local ownership represents an overarching concept in international development. However, its core principles have been occasionally neglected in the practice of state-building such as in the case of Kosovo. This paper explores relations between the international community and local actors in the process of Kosovo security sector development after 2008, when the country declared its independence. This article finds that externally-driven models were imposed in some phases of security sector development. The actions of the international community disregarded the local context and created distrust by the local actors. The study relies on extensive face-to-face interviews with relevant national and international stakeholders, a public opinion survey with a sample of 1102 respondents, focus group and personal observation.