Elton Skendaj's Creating Kosovo: International Oversightand the Making of Ethical Institutions provides an in-depth analysis of state building and democracy promotionin the case of Kosovo. State building has been analyzed in depth from the institutional perspective; however, Skendaj’s book tackles it from a different angle by focusing on bureaucracies.... Answering the democratization and state-building hypotheses with rich data (many interviews) and a structured organization and presentation of the material contributes to the salience of the book.
Arlinda Rrustemi
H-Diplo
The book offers a wealth of information on different issues related to the early state building process of Kosovo, and will certainly be of interest to both students and experienced researchers working on these issues.
Nicolas Lemay-Hébert
Slavic Review
The book successfully manages to capture varying degrees of institutional overlap, conflicting political agendas, and other legal and political factors that determined Kosovo's statebuilding.... [Creating Kosovo] represent[s] a valuable contribution to the literature on Kosovo and international statebuilding in general.... [Creating Kosovo] present[s] a valuable reference for scholars, students, and practitioners working or interested in the region and international statebuilding in general.
Gëzim Krasniqi
Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding