Sekulic / Sekulic The European Union and the Paradox of Enlargement

The Complex Accession of the Western Balkans
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-42295-0
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

This book sheds light on the contradictions underlying the European Union enlargement process, specifically to the Western Balkans, challenging the common assumption that the integration of an extended European space might be possible without mutual transformation of the institutions and agencies involved.  Sekulic maps the institutional dimension of the accession process, and analyses how the conditionality principle shapes and constrains the space for negotiation within the EU. Combining ethnographic research with the discourse analysis of the European Commission’s reports and documents from 2008 to 2019 concerning the Western Balkan countries, the book also explores the perceptions and agency of the individuals involved in this process.  The European Union and the Paradox of Enlargement  will be of interest to students and scholars of European integration, the sociology of Europe and the EU, and Eastern European and Western Balkan studies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sekulic, Tatjana

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Europe from East to West, from South to North: Harmonization in Turbulent Times. - 2. Dimensions and Contradictions of the European Integration: Deepening Versus Widening. - 3. New Axes of Integration and the Constitution of the European Polity and Society. - 4. European Integration on the Field: Framing the Western Balkans. - 5. Framing the Field within the Text: Analysis of the European Commission Reports on the Western Balkan Countries in a Longitudinal Perspective 2008-2019. - 6. Narrating the Process of Enlargement and Accession: European Union versus Western Balkans. - 7. Conclusions: The Paradox of the European Integration.

Über Autor(innen)

Tatjana Sekulic is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy.