Conditioning Democratization : Institutional Reforms and EU Membership Conditionality in Albania and Macedonia.
This book analyzes the effects of European Union membership conditionality on institutional reforms in Eastern European countries hoping to join the EU, specifically Albania and Macedonia.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Anthem Press,
2014.
©2014 |
Colección: | Anthem series on Russian, East European and Eurasian studies.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Conditioning Democratization; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION; The Legacies of Communism; Pre-communist Legacies; Nation-State Building and Ethnic Homogeneity; Elites and Masses in Democratization; The International Dimension of Democratization and the EU Impact on Eastern European Democratization; From political conditionality to EU membership conditionality; Explaining the Effects of EU Membership Conditionality on Membership-Aspiring Countries' Institutional Reform.
- Chapter 2 A SECTORIAL CONTEXTUAL APPROACH TO THE EFFECTS OF EU MEMBERSHIP CONDITIONALITY ON EASTERN EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONAL REFORMSNegotiating Conditions; The Sectorial Contextual Approach; Research Design; Assuming elites' role; The empirical test and data; Selection of cases: Reforms and countries; Variables; Data; Conclusions; Chapter 3 CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS IN ALBANIA AND MACEDONIA: CONDITIONING CONSOCIATIONAL PRACTICES FOR EU AND DOMESTIC DEMOCRATIC STABILITY; The EU and Albanian Constitutional Reform; A consociational interpretation of Albanian constitutional reform.
- A sectorial contextual interpretation of Albanian constitutional reformImposing Two-Level Consociational Practices: The EU and Macedonian Constitutional Reform; Macedonian constitutional reform in paper and practice: Dodging the bullet or baiting it?; A consociational interpretation of the Macedonian crisis and its aftermath; A sectorial contextual interpretation of Macedonian constitutional reform; Conclusions; Chapter 4 LOCAL DECENTRALIZATION REFORM; The Politics of Local Decentralization in Albania: Denying Yourself What You Do Not Want Your Rival to Have.
- A consociational interpretation of EU motivations toward Albanian decentralization reformA sectorial interpretation of Albanian decentralization reform; Conditioning Consociational Practices in Local Government: The Case of Macedonia; Macedonian decentralization reform; A consociational interpretation of Macedonian decentralization reform; A sectorial contextual interpretation of Macedonian decentralization reform; Conclusions; Chapter 5 JUDICIAL REFORMS; Albanian Judicial Reform; A consociationalist interpretation of Albanian judicial reform.
- A sectorial contextual interpretation of Albanian judicial reformMacedonian Judicial Reform; A consociational interpretation of Macedonian judicial reform; A sectorial contextual interpretation of Macedonian judicial reform; The Role of Human Capital: Eliminating Alternative Explanations; Conclusions; Chapter 6 ASYLUM REFORMS; Asylum in Albania: The Politics of Oblivion and Obedience; Asylum in Macedonia: How Many Sticks and Carrots Count?; A Consociational Interpretation of Albanian and Macedonian Asylum Reforms; A Sectorial Interpretation of Albanian and Macedonian Asylum Reforms.