Presents a history of the political institutions of the Balkans: bureaucracies, judiciaries, democratic elections, free media, local and central government - and their frequently strained relations with traditional institutions. This title also examines the selection, evolution, and performance of institutions in the post-Ottoman Balkans.

Contents 1. Making of States: Constitutional Monarchies in the Balkans Edda Binder-Iijima and Ekkehard Kraft, University of Heidelberg 2. Autocrats into Bureaucrats? The Development of an Administrative Class in South-Eastern Europe Andrei Pippidi, University of Bucharest 3. The Formation of the Rule of Law in the Balkans Ioannis A. Tassopoulos, University of Athens 4. The Making of Citizenship in South-Eastern Europe Constantin Iordachi, Central European University, Budapest 5. The Orthodox Church in Modern State Formation in South-Eastern Europe Paschalis Kitromilides, University of Athens 6. State and Fiscal Policies in the Balkans Vladimir Gligorov, Vienna Institute for International Economics 7. Organized Violence in the Service of National Building Mogens Pelt, University of Copenhagen 8. The State and Local Authorities in the Balkans, 1804-1939 Dimitar Bechev, St Antony's College, Oxford 9. The Media and State Power in Southeastern Europe up to 1945 Holly Case, Cornell University, Ithaca 10. Institutions, Violence, and Captive States in Balkan History John Gledhill, London School of Economics, and Charles King, Georgetown University, Washington DC 11. Subversive Movements in the Political Arena Wim van Meurs, Radboud University Nijmegen 12. Wrong Institutions or Wrong Conjectures? Constraints on the Political Modernization of the Balkans Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin

'An extremely important contribution to the scholarly literature on the Balkans. ... By exploring the original transition in the Balkans - from the Ottoman Empire to Europe - it will also be relevant to those working on the current transition in the region from communism to liberal-democracy and the EU.'