scholarly journals The Constitutional Mosaic Across the Boundaries of the European Union:: Citizenship Regimes in the New States of South Eastern Europe

2014 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
The European Union ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Union Citizenship ◽  
New States ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
Citizenship Regimes

The EU's Transformative Power in Albania

2022 ◽  
pp. 229-243
Author(s):  
Lutjona Lula
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Green Light ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
Transformative Power ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
Accession Process

South-Eastern Europe has always been a vital region with continuous socio-political changes. After the fall of communism and the wars that accompanied the disintegration of Yugoslavia, countries in the region turned towards the European Union. Upon signing the SAA, the countries of the Western Balkans, such as Albania, have had a green light to move forward in the EU's pre-accession process. As Albania works toward membership, how do domestic political actors in Albania (not) change their with agendas according to EU requirements? This chapter will address the puzzle of the transformative power of EU's conditionality in main political parties in Albania.

scholarly journals Photovoice as a Research Tool of the “Game” Along the “Balkan Route”

2021 ◽  
pp. 197-215
Author(s):  
Karolína Augustová
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Research Tool ◽  
Border Crossing ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Displaced Populations ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
Displaced People

AbstractMigratory pathways across the borders of South Eastern Europe have been commonly recognised within public and policy discourses as the ‘Balkan Route’ (Frontex, 2018; UNHCR, 2019). Yet those pathways do not follow one linear route across the official border checkpoints of former Yugoslav states – Serbia and Bosnia, to the European Union – Croatia and Hungary (Obradovic-Wochnik & Bird, 2019; Stojić & Vilenica, 2019). As often encountered by displaced populations, the journeys consist of perpetually moving onward and being pushed backward across diverse European towns, highways, mountains, forests, rivers, minefields, and camps, necessary to cross to reach western or northern Europe. Displaced people stranded in Serbia and Bosnia generally call their border crossing attempts the ‘game’; the term that conveys the daily mobility struggles, violence and deaths.

STUDYING THE HISTORY OF THE BALKANS / SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE: RESEARCH TASKS AND PROBLEM FORMULATION

2021 ◽  
pp. 7-21
Author(s):  
Sergei Romanenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Problem Formulation ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
Interstate Relations ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
European Culture ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
The Relationship

The new issue of the journal «Current Problems of Europe» opens with the problem-oriented article, dedicated to the analysis of the state of the Balkans / South-Eastern Europe region and its development in 2000-2020. The author gives a systemic description of the processes taking place in the intra-national and international intra-regional political, social and economic development of the countries of the region, and the problems generated by them. The changes are associated with a difficult transition phase, experienced by the states of the region, for the most part belonging to the post-socialist world (Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo and Albania). The exceptions are Greece, Turkey and Cyprus, however, these three states are also going through a difficult period in their history, associated with new problems both in interstate relations within this triangle, and in relations with NATO and the EU, as well as with Russia. The article discusses the specifics of translating the terms «people» and «national» into Russian, as well as the toponym Kosovo (Serb.) / Kosova (Alb.), and ethnonyms «Bošnjak» and «bosanac». The first part of the issue contains articles devoted to general problems of regional studies: the relationship between the terms Eastern Europe, Central Europe, South-Eastern Europe, Balkans, Western Balkans; comparative and political science subjects; the role of the European Union and China in the development of the region; the relationship of national Serbian, post-Yugoslavian and European culture and intellectual heritage as well. The second part of the issue examines the relations of the Balkan states with the states of Central and Eastern Europe (Czech Republic, Romania, Belarus), as well as the specifics of their development in the post-socialist period. Thus, there is the possibility of a multilateral - historical, political and cultural, as well as comparative analysis of the development of this complex region, which is of great importance for international relations worldwide.

The eu’s Pathological Power: The Failure of External Rule of Law Promotion in South Eastern Europe

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 318-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Mendelski
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
International Standards ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Pathological Effect ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
European Court ◽  
South Eastern Europe

What impact does the European Union (eu) have on the development of the rule of law in South Eastern Europe (see)? The author of this article argues and shows that the eu has: 1) a positively reinforcing (healthy) effect with regard to judicial capacity and substantive legality, i.e. the alignment of domestic legislation with international standards, and 2) a negatively reinforcing (pathological) effect with regard to judicial impartiality and formal legality (the inner morality of law). The author explains the pathological impact of eu-driven rule of law reforms by referring to the eu’s deficient reform approach and to unfavorable domestic conditions, which in their interplay reinforce certain reform pathologies (legal instability, incoherence, politicization) that undermine the rule of law. The main argument is supported by a mixed method study. A quantitative indicator-based analysis measures rule of law development across four key dimensions on the basis of a variety of data (e.g. survey-based indicators, cepej data, and a unique dataset on legislative output). Additionally, the author draws on a number of qualitative interviews that he conducted with magistrates from see and representatives from the eu, the European Court of Human Rights, and the Council of Europe. The author concludes from these findings that external rule of law promotion in weak rule of law countries is not transformative, but rather reinforces systemic deficiencies that undermine the rule of law.

External Actors and Regime Change

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 519-530 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milada Anna Vachudova
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Comparative Politics ◽  
The State ◽  
The European Union ◽  
East Central ◽  
Substantial Role ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
Post Communism ◽  
External Actors

This article explores how the study of post-communism has transformed comparative politics by adding a substantial role for external actors to existing theories of democratization. The big, overarching finding is dramatic: external actors can, under certain conditions, tip the balance in favor of democracy by offering strong rewards to elites, conditional on complying with tough requirements. External actors can also influence the performance of the state—and how the state treats its citizens. The main causal player is the European Union. This simple finding is consequential for all three major strands of democratization theory. The article goes on to explore how the leverage of the European Union has shaped the trajectories of political change in the new and credible future EU members in East Central and South Eastern Europe. The great variation among existing and candidate members can be largely explained by different domestic conditions, even though there are many areas where the EU’s use of its leverage could have been improved.

scholarly journals Citizenship in the new states of South Eastern Europe

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 309-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Shaw ◽  
Igor Štiks
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
New States ◽  
South Eastern Europe

Creating the New Europe: The Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe in the Context of Eu-See Relations

1999 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 463-506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marise Cremona
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
The European Union ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Stability Pact ◽  
South Eastern Europe ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Joint Report ◽  
The Eu

“The European Union continues to be strongly committed to the stabilisation and development of South-Eastern Europe. The Union’s strategy is to draw the countries of the region closer to the prospect of European integration.” This confident statement opens the joint Report on EU action in support of the Stability Pact and South-Eastern Europe (SEE) presented by the Finnish Presidency and the European Commission to the European Council at Helsinki in December 1999. It contains three ideas which are key to the EU’s policy towards the region: stabilisation, development and integration. The Stability Pact seeks to provide a framework for the coordination of effort towards these objectives: greater political stability, security and democratisation; economic reconstruction and development; political, economic and legal integration both within the region and between the countries of SEE and the EU.

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