AN EVIDENCE-BASED ANALYSIS OF THE EU’S HAMPERED TRANSFORMATIVE POWER IN THE WESTERN BALKANS
AN EVIDENCE-BASED ANALYSIS OF THE EU’S HAMPERED TRANSFORMATIVE POWER IN THE WESTERN BALKANS
Author(s): Doris Malaj, Elena PoloSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Political Theory, Political Sciences, Civil Society, Governance, Public Administration, Public Law, Economic policy, Government/Political systems, Welfare systems, Developing nations, Political behavior, Politics and law, Politics and communication, Politics and society, Methodology and research technology, Comparative politics, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment, Geopolitics, Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption
Published by: Institute for Research and European Studies - Bitola
Keywords: EU Integration; Democratic Performance; Enlargement Waves; Western Balkans; Transformative Power
Summary/Abstract: The objectives of this paper were to assess the role of the EU in the countries willing to join and committed to the negotiation processes (with a particular focus on the WB region) and to explore further and explain the dynamics of the EU’s crucial role onto the political performance, summarizing internal and external country and region-based developments. For this purpose, the deployed methodology consists of conducting a comparative quantitative analysis, comparing evidence from selected countries and from selected enlargement waves. The main results of the analysis confirmed that the EU’s role in ensuring democratic performances at the country/region level is seriously weakened over time and that it is therefore essential that the EU, especially in uncertain times, rethink and revitalize its democracy-promoting mechanisms to rebuild and re-test itself as a transformative power.
Journal: Journal of Liberty and International Affairs
- Issue Year: 9/2023
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 215-233
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English
