EU Enlargement and Civil Society in the Western Balkans : From Mobilisation to Empowerment
ISBN: 9783319918457
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Springer International Publishing AG
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Subjects: Business/ Management; Political Science; Economics;

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.

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 .

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