Environmental governance in a contested state:the influence of European Union and other external actors on energy sector regulation in Kosovo

Abstract

This article examines environmental governance in Kosovo, with a particular focus on the energy sector. The article considers the degree to which the emerging model of environmental governance is characterised by hierarchical and non-hierarchical modes of coordination. We examine the roles of a number of domestic institutions and actors – ministries, agencies, and regulatory bodies– and the influence of external actors, including the EU, the US, and Serbia. The EU is building Kosovo’s own hierarchical governance capacity by strengthening domestic institutions, whilst the US focuses primarily on market liberalization, whilst simultaneously supporting EU efforts. Moreover, environmental policy change is not wholly or predominantly driven by domestic actors, which can partly be attributed to Kosovo’s limited domestic sovereignty. We conclude that the emerging model of environmental governance in Kosovo is characterized by a weak hierarchy, partly as a result of external actor involvement, which disincentivises the government from responding to domestic non-state actor pressure.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0263774X15605899
Divisions: College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities > Politics, History and International Relations
College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities > Aston Centre for Europe
College of Business and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences & Humanities > Sociology and Policy
Additional Information: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page(https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
Uncontrolled Keywords: environmental governance,limited statehood,weak states,energy sector,Kosovo,Environmental Science (miscellaneous),Public Administration,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Geography, Planning and Development
Publication ISSN: 1472-3425
Last Modified: 19 Mar 2024 08:10
Date Deposited: 08 Oct 2015 07:35
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2015-10
Published Online Date: 2015-09-29
Authors: Obradovic-Wochnik, Jelena (ORCID Profile 0000-0003-0850-2737)
Dodds, Anneliese

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