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This volume casts a fresh look on how the political spaces of the Western Balkan states (Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia and Albania) are shaped, governed and transformed during the EU accession process. The contributors argue that EU conditionality in the Western Balkans does not work ‘effectively’ in terms of social change because rule transfer remains a ‘contested’ business, due to veto-players on the ground and strong legacies of the past. The volume examines specific policy areas, salient in the enlargement process and to a different degree incorporated in the accession criteria, as well as EU foreign policy in the spheres of post-conflict stabilisation, democratization and the rule of law promotion.

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Author:   Jelena Džankić ,  Soeren Keil ,  Marko Kmezić
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2019
Weight:   0.592kg
ISBN:  

9783319914114

ISBN 10:   3319914111
Pages:   251
Publication Date:   15 October 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: The Europeanisation of the Western Balkans.- 2. European Union Conditionality in the Western Balkans: External Incentives and Europeanisation.- 3. Chips off the old block - Europeanisation of the Foreign Policies of Western Balkan states.- 4. EU Enlargement and State Capture in the Western Balkans.- 5. EU Rule of Law Conditionality: Democracy or ‘Stabilitocracy’ Promotion in the Western Balkans?.- 6. The Europeanisation of Minority Policies in the Western Balkans.- 7. Ethnicisation vs. Europeanisation: Promoting Good Governance in Divided States.- 8. Tolerating Semi-Authoritarianism? Contextualising the EU’s Relationship with Serbia and Kosovo.- 9. The Europeanisation of Contested States - Comparing Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Montenegro.- 10. Economic integration of the Western Balkans into the European Union: The role of EU policies.- 11. Conclusion: Rethinking Europeanisation.

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Jelena Džankić is Research Fellow and Coordinator of the Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT) at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute (EUI), Italy. Soeren Keil is Reader in Politics and International Relations at Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent, UK.  Marko Kmezić is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Southeast European Studies at the University of Graz, Austria.

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