The European Union and the Paradox of Enlargement The European Union and the Paradox of Enlargement
Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology

The European Union and the Paradox of Enlargement

The Complex Accession of the Western Balkans

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Publisher Description

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.



Sekulić 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.

GENRE
Nonfiction
RELEASED
2020
May 26
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
274
Pages
PUBLISHER
Springer International Publishing
SELLER
Springer Nature B.V.
SIZE
2.5
MB

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