EU Enlargement and Civil Society in the Western Balkans - From Mobilisation to Empowerment

This book examines civil society empowerment during the EU enlargement process. Building on extensive fieldwork, it compares mobilisation around rule of law issues in Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia. Moving beyond the traditional focus on the top-down impact of EU support, it demonstrates NGOs' agency and analyses their shifting strategies throughout the membership negotiations. Its approach and findings will appeal to scholars and advanced students of EU integration, social movements, and the politics of South East Europe.

List of contents

1 - Introduction: Differential Empowerment and Domestic Change Agents.-2 - Evolving Opportunities in the EU Accession Process.- 3 - Civil Society Mobilisation in Croatia.- 4 - Civil Society Mobilisation in Montenegro.- 5 - Civil Society Mobilisation in Serbia.- 6 - Comparing Mobilisation Strategies and Outcomes.- 7 - Conclusion: Civil Society Empowerment and Its Limits.

About the author

Natasha Wunsch is Postdoctoral Researcher in the European Politics Group at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and Associate Fellow with the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). Her research has appeared, among others, in the Journal of European Public Policy, Journal of Common Market Studies, Acta Politica, and East European Politics.

Summary

This book examines civil society empowerment during the EU enlargement process. Building on extensive fieldwork, it compares mobilisation around rule of law issues in Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia. Moving beyond the traditional focus on the top-down impact of EU support, it demonstrates NGOs’ agency and analyses their shifting strategies throughout the membership negotiations. Its approach and findings will appeal to scholars and advanced students of EU integration, social movements, and the politics of South East Europe.

Product details

• Authors: Natasha Wunsch
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783030063108
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3006310-8
• No. of pages: 171
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 12 mm x 211 mm
• Weight: 258 g
• Illustrations: XVII, 171 p. 15 illus.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Kommunikationswissenschaft, Europa, B, Europe, Internationale Institutionen, European Politics, Political Science, Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften, Politische Strukturen und Prozesse, European Union, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Political Science and International Studies, Comparative Politics, EU (European Union), International institutions, International Organization, European Union Politics, Europe—Politics and government, Political Communication, civil society organisations, sustainable mobilisation, Serbian civil society