Elton Skendaj
Creating Kosovo: International Oversight and the Making of Ethical Institutions.
Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center Press / Cornell University Press, 2014. Author-signed first printing. 9780801452949 xx/217 pages.
Hardcover volume, measuring approximately 6.25" x 9.25", is like new. Author's typed letter is laid in.
Inscription appearing on front flyleaf reads "Dear Nic, / Thank you so much, / Elton Skendaj."
"In shaping the institutions of a new country, what interventions from international actors lead to success and failure? Elton Skendaj's investigation into Kosovo, based on national survey data, interviews, and focus groups conducted over ten months of fieldwork, leads to some surprising answers. "Creating Kosovo" highlights efforts to build the police force, the central government, courts, and a customs service.
Skendaj finds that central administration and the courts, which had been developed under local authority, succumbed to cronyism and corruption, challenging the premise that local "ownership" leads to more effective state."