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标题：Privatization of Security in Macedonia: Genealogy and Contextualization
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作者：Biljana VANKOVSKA
期刊名称：Bezbednosni Dijalozi
印刷版ISSN：1857-7172
电子版ISSN：1857-8055
出版年度：2016
卷号：7
期号：2
页码：35-47
DOI：10.47054/SD1620035v
语种：English
出版社：Faculty of Philosophy, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
摘要：The paper examines the genealogy of privatization of security in the Republic of Macedonia since the state gained independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. The basic premise is that the process has been complex including both external and internal factors but also it was affected by the developments that shaped the Macedonian statehood and influenced them in return. The article singles out three research questions: what were the causes of privatization of security? What shapes it has taken during the long process of democratic transition? What have been the consequences of the 2001 intra-state conflict on the privatization of security and vice versa? The starting hypothesis is that failure to achieve a satisfactory level of democratic governance during the last 25 years predetermined the state of affairs in the sphere of private security, and vice versa - the blended boundaries between State, party/parties, and business interests resulted into the privatization of both State institutions and security structures (be they public or private). The Macedonian case represents an adequate example of a failed democratization with perverted privatization of power and security.