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The European Union and the Paradox of Enlargement

The Complex Accession of the Western Balkans

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Authors:
  1. Tatjana Sekulić

    1. Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Milan Bicocca, Milan, Italy

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  • Provides a dialectical analysis of the mutual transformations of institutions and agencies in the EU, as well as issues of complex integration and non-linear developments
  • Goes right to the heart of the EU as polity, its transformations and asymmetries of power
  • Analyses statistics, policy documents and interviews of administrators and politicians in Brussels and in the Western Balkans.

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology (PSEPS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxiv
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  2. Europe from East to West, from South to North: Harmonization in Turbulent Times

    • Tatjana Sekulić
    Pages 1-21

  3. Dimensions and Contradictions of the European Integration: Deepening Versus Widening

    • Tatjana Sekulić
    Pages 23-48

  4. New Axes of Integration and the Constitution of the European Polity and Society

    • Tatjana Sekulić
    Pages 49-69

  5. European Integration on the Field: Framing the Western Balkans

    • Tatjana Sekulić
    Pages 71-88

  6. Framing the Field Within the Text: Analysis of the European Commission Reports on the Western Balkan Countries in a Longitudinal Perspective 2008–2019

    • Tatjana Sekulić
    Pages 89-173

  7. Narrating the Process of Enlargement and Accession: European Union Versus Western Balkans

    • Tatjana Sekulić
    Pages 175-222

  8. Conclusions: The Paradox of the European Integration

    • Tatjana Sekulić
    Pages 223-231

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 233-240
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About this book

This book sheds light on the contradictions underlying the European Union enlargement process, specifically to the Western Balkans, challenging the common assumption that the integration of an extended European space might be possible without mutual transformation of the institutions and agencies involved.

 

Sekulić maps the institutional dimension of the accession process, and analyses how the conditionality principle shapes and constrains the space for negotiation within the EU. Combining ethnographic research with the discourse analysis of the European Commission’s reports and documents from 2008 to 2019 concerning the Western Balkan countries, the book also explores the perceptions and agency of the individuals involved in this process. The European Union and the Paradox of Enlargement will be of interest to students and scholars of European integration, the sociology of Europe and the EU, and Eastern European and Western Balkan studies.

 



Reviews

“The book stands out among other publications devoted to the issues of the accession of the Western Balkan states to the European Union. The research goals set by the author are fully achieved, which is not an easy task with such a complex and multifaceted subject of analysis. The book will appeal not only to researchers, students, and commentators of political life, but also to practitioners who decide on the dynamics of integration of the ‘old continent’, Europe.” (Kamil Glinka, Comparative Southeast European Studies, Vol. 70 (4), 2022)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Milan Bicocca, Milan, Italy

    Tatjana Sekulić

About the author

Tatjana Sekulić is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The European Union and the Paradox of Enlargement

  • Book Subtitle: The Complex Accession of the Western Balkans

  • Authors: Tatjana Sekulić

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42295-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-42294-3Published: 27 May 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-42297-4Published: 28 May 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-42295-0Published: 26 May 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2946-6016

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-6024

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXIV, 240

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Political Sociology, European Union Politics

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