Abstract
As a concept, “civil society” in the minds of some people has become a panacea for the problems besetting eastern and central Europe in transition, particularly former Yugoslavia. Citing the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the authors argue that the situation is not being helped by the fact that Western donors of aid are imposing their own conceptions of civil society that are not necessarily what the country needs. Citing the case of Kosovo, the authors further argue that the long period of Kosovar resistance preceding the outbreak of hostilities in March 1999 had already enabled Kosovar society to develop a vibrant democratic movement, hence the elements of a civil society, that may not be well served by the international aid effort that began in June 1999. The wellspring of a true democratic and civil society is indigenous. If its development can, in some cases, be aided from outside, it can never be successfully imposed.
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