Montenegro: A miracle in the Balkans?

Journal of Democracy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 152-159

  Darmanović, Srdjan ^a,b,c,d  

^a Department of Comparative Politics ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTENEGRO   (Montenegro)

^c Center for Democracy and Human Rights

^d Council of Europe's Commission for Democracy Through Law ^*

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EID: 34248347455     PISSN: 10455736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jod.2007.0021     Document Type: Review

References (6)

1. In the Republic of Montenegro there are currently slightly fewer than 700,000 inhabitants, while the capital city of Podgorica has a population of somewhat less than 200,000. Although Montenegro consists mainly of forest-clad mountains (from which it derives its Venetian-coined name), it also possesses slightly more than a hundred kilometers of Adriatic coastline, and hence may be regarded as not only a Balkan but a Mediterranean country.
2. Srdjan Darmanović, "The Dilemmas of a Small Republic," Journal of Democracy 14 (January 2003): 145-54.
3. Veselin Pavicević, Elections and Electoral Systems in Montenegro 1990-1996 (Podgorica: CID, 1997).
4. These trends can be found in Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEM) brochures titled Public Opinion in Montenegro 2000 and Public Opinion in Montenegro 2001.
5. The OSCE chairman warned that unless "European standards" (including presumably the 55 percent threshold) were followed, the OSCE would probably withhold its monitoring efforts. This amounted to a threat to deprive the referendum of its international legitimacy.
6. See CEDEM's surveys from 2000 till the present at www.cedem.cg.yu.