The European Union And Southeastern Europe

Author : Andrew Geddes,Charles Lees,Andrew Taylor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136281563

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The European Union and South East Europe by Andrew Geddes,Charles Lees,Andrew Taylor Pdf

This book explores the interaction of the EU in Greece, Slovenia, Croatia, and Macedonia in three key policy sectors – cohesion, border managements and the environment – and assesses the degree to which the European Union’s engagement with the democracies of South East Europe has promoted Europeanization and Multi-Level Governance. Although there is a tendency to view the Balkans as peripheral, this book argues that South East European states are central to what the EU is and aspires to become, and goes to the heart of many of the key issues confronting the EU. It compares changing modes of governance in the three policy areas selected because they are contentious issues in domestic politics and have trans-boundary policy consequences, in which there is significant EU involvement. The book draws on over 100 interviews conducted to explore actor motivation, preferences and perceptions in the face of pressure to adapt from the EU and uses Social Network Analysis. Timely and informative, this book considers broader dilemmas of integration and enlargement at a time when the EU’s effectiveness is under close scrutiny. The European Union and South East Europe will be of interest to students and scholars of European politics, public policy, and European Union governance and integration.

Author : András Inotai
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9052010714

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The European Union and Southeastern Europe by András Inotai Pdf

This strategy-oriented analysis is based on an interdisciplinary approach, with clear emphasis on economic issues, such as global, EU-related and intra-regional trade, foreign direct investments, labour market, migration, and financial transfers

Author : de Deugd, Nienke,Hoen, Herman W.
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781785365409

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The EU and its Relations with Eastern Europe by de Deugd, Nienke,Hoen, Herman W. Pdf

The politico-economic relations between the European Union (EU) and Eastern Europe are currently entering a new phase, which some scholars qualify as a revival of the Cold War. This insightful book seeks to explain whether and why a Cold War Europe has returned and discusses underlying factors that clarify the relations between East and West since the Second World War.

Author : Eszter Krasznai Kovacs
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781800641358

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Politics and the Environment in Eastern Europe by Eszter Krasznai Kovacs Pdf

Europe remains divided between east and west, with differences caused and worsened by uneven economic and political development. Amid these divisions, the environment has become a key battleground. The condition and sustainability of environmental resources are interlinked with systems of governance and power, from local to EU levels. Key challenges in the eastern European region today include increasingly authoritarian forms of government that threaten the operations and very existence of civil society groups; the importation of locally-contested conservation and environmental programmes that were designed elsewhere; and a resurgence in cultural nationalism that prescribes and normalises exclusionary nation-building myths. This volume draws together essays by early-career academic researchers from across eastern Europe. Engaging with the critical tools of political ecology, its contributors provide a hitherto overlooked perspective on the current fate and reception of ‘environmentalism’ in the region. It asks how emergent forms of environmentalism have been received, how these movements and perspectives have redefined landscapes, and what the subtler effects of new regulatory regimes on communities and environment-dependent livelihoods have been. Arranged in three sections, with case studies from Czechia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Serbia, this collection develops anthropological views on the processes and consequences of the politicisation of the environment. It is valuable reading for human geographers, social and cultural historians, political ecologists, social movement and government scholars, political scientists, and specialists on Europe and European Union politics.

Author : Wim van Meurs
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783663111832

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Prospects and Risks Beyond EU Enlargement by Wim van Meurs Pdf

With the European Union ́s upcoming eastern enlargement, Europe is confronted with the necessity of creating security and stability beyond the EU borders in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. This task includes not only numerous risks but also opportunities to face the challenges of the 21st century. This volume provides policy-oriented recommendations and differentiated assessments for all nine states and entities of the region, as well as for the policy areas of governance, economy and security. The authors explore the unintended consequences and side-effects of massive support for reforms and external influence on weak states. A concept for a "Mulit-Layered Europe" is developed for the strategic dilemmas concerning the current debate on "Wilder Europe". The unique alliance between analytical output and strategic thinking makes the book valuable for the academic community and for persons responsible for Europe ́s future. The volume is one of two from a joint project on "Security in Europa and beyond its borders" of the Bertelsmann Foundation in Guetersloh and the Center for Applied Policy Research in Munich.

Author : Dimitris Papadimitriou,Dorina Baltag,Neculai-Cristian Surubaru
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351262385

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The European Union and Central and Eastern Europe by Dimitris Papadimitriou,Dorina Baltag,Neculai-Cristian Surubaru Pdf

The role of the European Union (EU) in Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) and its ‘near abroad’ has attracted much scholarly attention over the past few years. Notwithstanding the successes of the EU’s eastwards enlargement, the ‘transformative power’ of the EU in the region has often been called into question, both in terms of its depth and longevity. This book addresses a number of key questions: What determines EU performance in post-communist Europe? What are the conditions that influence it? How does the projection of EU power differ between its enlargement policy and the European Neighbourhood policy? To answer these questions this volume brings together a wide range of case studies, based on different approaches and methods, but with a single analytical focus on ‘performance’. The book’s coverage and focus will be of interest to academics, practitioners and students interested in the EU, CEECs, pre- and post-enlargement studies and more widely to those interested in the international relations and the governance of wider Eastern Europe. The chapters of this book were originally published as a special issue of East European Politics.

Author : Dimitris Papadimitriou
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351732772

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Negotiating the New Europe by Dimitris Papadimitriou Pdf

This title was first published in 2002: Offering a new and challenging perspective on how the European Union (EU) sought to structure its relations with Central and Southeast Europe after the Cold War, this volume draws upon key debates in both politics and international relations. A historically and theoretically informed examination of the EU's engagement in Central and Eastern Europe since 1989, the book combines conceptual rigour with clear empirical analysis, firmly grounding the study of the European Union's current enlargement process in established theoretical perspectives. The book is written in an engaging and accessible way, which will appeal to academics, students and practitioners alike.

Author : Klaus Roth
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Ethnocentrism
ISBN : 9783825813871

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Region, Regional Identity and Regionalism in Southeastern Europe by Klaus Roth Pdf

Southeastern Europe is often portrayed as an area plagued by endemic nationalisms, a view that seems to be confirmed by the break-up of Yugoslavia. However, a closer look shows that the nation is not the only territorial unit of identification. Regions play an important role as well, especially those that look back on traditions that differ from those of the national state. Thus, the end of socialism also brought forward regional movements which articulated opposition to the dominance of the centralized state. These developments are furthered by the integration into the European Union, whose policy of a "Europe of the Regions" demands strong regional centres for the administration of structural funds and for the empowerment of the regions. The contributions to this volume address the dynamics of regions, regionalism and regional identities in present Southeast Europe, but also look into the history of individual regions. They provide ample material for understanding the complex nature of territorial identification in this rapidly changing part of Europe.

Author : Günther Heydemann,Karel Vodička
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781785333187

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From Eastern Bloc to European Union by Günther Heydemann,Karel Vodička Pdf

More than 25 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, European integration remains a work in progress, especially in those Eastern European nations most dramatically reshaped by democratization and economic liberalization. This volume assembles detailed, empirically grounded studies of eleven states—Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, and the former East Germany—that went on to join the European Union. Each chapter analyzes the political, economic, and social transformations that have taken place in these nations, using a comparative approach to identify structural similarities and assess outcomes relative to one another as well as the rest of the EU.

Author : Marek Neuman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319926902

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Democracy Promotion and the Normative Power Europe Framework by Marek Neuman Pdf

This book presents a topical, holistic assessment of the European Union’s democracy promotion in South-East Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia, analyzed through the prism of the Normative Power Europe (NPE) framework of transnational policy formation. To do so, it brings together three scholarly domains that traditionally stand apart and are discussed separately. The first addresses the notion of the European Union conducting a normatively-driven foreign policy both near and far abroad. The second is concerned with the legitimacy, operationality, and effectiveness of promoting democracy in third-world countries. The third addresses the quality of the relationship the European Union has been able to establish with some vital – yet often troubled – countries in South-East Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. Finally, based on the empirical findings presented in each chapter, this volume concludes by rethinking the concept and relevance of NPE to the field’s understanding of the EU’s foreign policy making. This edited volume offers the reader both a theoretically and empirically rich analysis of the European Union’s efforts to promote democracy abroad. As such is scholars and students of EU studies, particularly EU foreign policy, as well as policy makers at EU and national level and civil society representatives responsible for designing/implementing democracy promoting projects on the ground.

Author : Adelaide Duarte,Gabriela Carmen Pascariu
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781787149489

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Core-Periphery Patterns across the European Union by Adelaide Duarte,Gabriela Carmen Pascariu Pdf

In this new work, Pascariu and Duarte, along with an international group of acclaimed scholars, delve into key challenges currently facing the European Union. They Analyze the effect of peripherality across the EU regions which will be of great interest to those countries and regions facing a process of integration

Author : Wim Van Meurs
Publisher : Springer
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3663111849

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Prospects and Risks Beyond Eu Enlargement by Wim Van Meurs Pdf

Author : Karen Henderson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005-10-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135358341

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Back To Europe by Karen Henderson Pdf

As The European Union Opens Negotiations On Membership With Five Of The Ten post-communist states who have applied, this book looks at some of the challenges presented by Eastern enlargement - not only to existing member states and European institutions, but also to the Central and Eastern European countries themselves.; The approach is interdisciplinary, and brings together contributions from academic specialists on security and international relations; European institutions; the economics of european integration; and the domestic politics of Central and Eastern Europe.; The book has been structured to provide a clear and comprehensive introduction to the topic for students taking a range of courses, including European integration, the politics of post-communist democracies, and Europe's post-Cold war order.; At the same time. it will be accessible to more general readers with an interest in European Union affairs, while presenting research to specialists in the area.

Author : Peter Mair,Jan Zielonka
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Europe
ISBN : 9780714652870

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The Enlarged European Union by Peter Mair,Jan Zielonka Pdf

The European Union will be a much more diversified entity after the forthcoming eastward enlargement. The applicant states from Eastern Europe are much poorer than the current member states from Western Europe. Their democracy and in some cases even their statehood is newly established and presumably more fragile. Their economic, legal and administrative structures are less developed. This collection of essays will try to examine the origin, nature, scale and implications of this divergence. How much divergence is likely to be imported by the Union and will it hamper the process of European integration? This volume looks at differences and similarities in the field of macro-economics, welfare systems, democracy, institutional infrastructure, civic orientations and popular culture. The book shows that the map of convergence and divergence in the future EU will be very complex and will not correspond exactly with the old east-west divide. Moreover, the division lines are constantly changing with the enlargement process representing an important factor pushing individual states into a single regulatory frame, if not in a common political direction. However, there are other "unifying" factors at play: globalization produces different models and loyalties than Europeanization. Moreover, the European pulling effect works unevenly in different functional fields and in different countries. There are also many factors that produce greater divergence rather than convergence across the European Union; a certain degree of divergence is thus unavoidable. The book shows, in particular, that certain types of divergence can be beneficial rather than merely detrimental in the process of Europeanintegration.

Author : Dan Dungaciu,Valentin Naumescu
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781443875196

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The European Union’s Eastern Neighbourhood Today by Dan Dungaciu,Valentin Naumescu Pdf

This book arrives at a very significant time throughout Europe. Not only is the European Union currently facing a prolonged economic and social crisis, with nascent political consequences, such as the ascension of populist parties in the 2014 European elections, but also its Eastern neighbourhood is confronted with the growing hostility of an assertive Russia, opposing any new advance of the West towards its frontiers. Bringing together experts in fields such as international relations, political science, political sociology, diplomacy, security studies, and European studies, with robust academic and professional backgrounds and expertise with regard to the region, this volume explores this significant “window of opportunity”, and will undoubtedly appeal to a global audience. The considerable diversity of approaches and styles here allows a multidimensional diagnosis and analysis of present-day Eastern Europe. This volume defines a series of major regional opportunities, vulnerabilities and dilemmas, and explores the complex perspectives of the “new Eastern Europe”, located between the European Union and Russia, under its current name of the EU’s Eastern Neighbourhood, along with the tensions and challenges of a possible second Cold War.