Lamija Silajdžić
Assistant Professor at the Department of Journalism/Communication Studies, Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Sarajevo
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Rethinking EU Democracy Promotion in the Western Balkans
The EU is still seen as the Western Balkans’ anchor for stability and modernisation. But where reforms remain invisible and institutions remain captured, European support risks strengthening expectations without delivering democratic trust.
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Trust, social cohesion, and EU democracy promotion in Bosnia and Herzegovina
This paper examines how persistent trust deficits and fragile social cohesion shape EU democracy promotion in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Drawing on original survey-vignette data from Sarajevo and Tuzla and process tracing of EU-funded democracy initiatives, it shows how low institutional trust, perceptions of elite capture, and weak local ownership constrain democratic resilience despite strong public support for EU integration