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The European People's Party and the East

Party Cooperation in Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia
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 26.11.2019

Summary

Using the example of the European People’s Party’s (EPP) activities in the Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia, this book demonstrates that European political parties may, under certain conditions, successfully influence political party transformation in the Eastern European Neighbourhood. In order to cover the highest possible variety of interactions between the EPP and its partner parties, the study examines three different mechanisms of norm promotion: conditionality, persuasion and social influence. While the EPP has influenced its partner parties to a certain extent both on an internal and an external level of party development, certain features of its partner parties have, however, strongly limited its influence, and its partner parties have often been resistant to change. Equally, their compliance with the EPP has frequently been merely rhetorical or formal. Finally, the author suggests a typology of which type of partner parties has been more likely to demonstrate such compliance.

Bibliographic data

Publication year
2019
Publication date
26.11.2019
ISBN-Print
978-3-8487-6294-1
ISBN-Online
978-3-7489-0401-4
Publisher
Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series
Demokratiestudien. Demokratie und Demokratisierung in Theorie und Empirie
Volume
9
Language
English
Pages
398
Product type
Book Titles

Table of contents

ChapterPages
  1. Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access 1 - 18
  2. 1. Introduction No access 19 - 24
  3. 2. Literature Review No access 25 - 32
      1. 3.1.1 Context of party political landscape No access
      2. 3.1.2 Political parties No access
      1. 3.2.1 Context of party-political landscape No access
      2. 3.2.2 Political parties No access
      1. 3.3.1 Context of party-political landscape No access
      2. 3.3.2 Political parties No access
      1. 3.4.1 Commonalities No access
      2. 3.4.2 Differences No access
    5. 3.5 Summary No access
    1. 4.1 Norm promotion through conditionality No access
      1. 4.2.1 Persuasion No access
      2. 4.2.2 Social influence No access
    1. 5.1 Development of hypotheses, explanatory variables and indicators No access
    2. 5.2 Development of criteria measuring political party transformation No access
    3. 5.3 Methodology and research design No access
    4. 5.4 Case selection – norm promoter and norm recipients No access
      1. 6.1.1 The EPP and its associations No access
      2. 6.1.2 The role of EPP Groups in Parliamentary Aassemblies No access
      3. 6.1.3 The role of national member parties No access
      4. 6.1.4 External actors with an affiliation to the EPP family No access
      5. 6.1.5 Summary No access
      1. 6.2.1 The accession procedure No access
      2. 6.2.2 The exclusion procedure No access
      1. 6.3.1 The EPP as an external norm provider in Central and Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans No access
        1. 6.3.2.1 The EPP in Ukraine No access
        2. 6.3.2.2 The EPP in Moldova No access
        3. 6.3.2.3 The EPP in Georgia No access
      1. 7.1.1 Clarity and credibility of the EPP’s membership procedure No access
      2. 7.1.2 Rewards and domestic costs for the partner parties No access
      3. 7.1.3 Results of the EPP’s influence No access
      4. 7.1.4 Summary No access
      1. 7.2.1 Status and logic of action of the EPP No access
      2. 7.2.2 Identification, novelty and problem perception of the partner parties No access
      3. 7.2.3 Results of the EPP’s influence No access
      4. 7.2.4 Summary No access
      1. 7.3.1 The EPP’s role as a provider of social markers in European fora No access
      2. 7.3.2 Importance of external legitimacy provided by the EPP for the partner parties No access
      3. 7.3.3 Results of the EPP’s influence No access
      4. 7.3.4 Summary No access
      1. 8.1.1 Influence of the EPP on party transformation in Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia No access
      2. 8.1.2 Validity of the hypotheses No access
      3. 8.1.3 Typology of partner parties No access
    2. 8.2 Future implications for the strategies of transnational parties on party transformation in transition countries No access
    1. List of Interviews No access

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