Europe and the Post-Yugoslav Space

Charting the path from intervention to integration Europe and the Post-Yugoslav Space examines the role of Europeanisation on the development of the countries of the former Yugoslavia. Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo may have a shared history but their experiences, views and attitudes to European integration vary dramatically. Opinion within each state is often equally as keenly divided as to the benefits of active membership. The debate within each country and their comparative differences in approach provide case studies on the importance and relevance of the EU and the effectiveness of Europeanisation.

Contributors with significant experience gained within the EU as well as their country of origin use their understanding of the language and cultures of the countries concerned to provide detailed insights into the troubled history and potential of the post-Yugoslav space.

Contents:
+ Europe and post-Yugoslav space: from intervention to integration, Branislav Radeljic
+ Returning to Europe: post-Yugoslav Europeanisation of Slovenia and the Balkan other, Damjan Mandelc
+ Expanded accession conditionality: the European Union’s leverage on refugee return to Croatia, Antonija Petricusic and Ljubomir Mikic
+ The EU in the Republic of Macedonia: an active player, a framework for integration or both?, Simonida Kacarska
+ Montenegro and the EU: changing contexts, changing roles, Jelena Dzankic
+ From deep-seated animosity to principled disagreement: a comparative analysis of party-based Euroscepticism in Serbia, Marko Stojic
+ Bosnia and Herzegovina in the EU integration process: a carrot-and-stick marathon, Emir Vajzovic
+ Democratisation in Kosovo: the role of international institutions, Leandrit I. Mehmeti
+ The future of the post-Yugoslav space, Branislav Radeljic