An Elusive Target: The EU Perspective of the Western Balkans: A Selection of 17 Years of SEER

European Trade Union Institute (ETUI)

doi:10.5771/9783845272184

Summary

Der Sonderband der SEER versammelt Beiträge aus den vergangenen 17 Jahrgängen der Zeitschrift. Im Fokus stehen dabei die EU-Beitrittsperspektiven der westlichen Balkanstaaten. Fortwährende Hindernisse und neue Bruchlinien werden gleichermaßen deutlich. Der Band konstatiert den Abstieg der Region in die Sklerose. Es werden gleichwohl Möglichkeiten einer optimistischen Perspektivierung der EU-Erweiterung ausgelotet.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2016
Copyright year: 2016
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8487-3075-9
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-7218-4
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Language: English
Pages: 259
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 6
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1. Introduction No access
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2. 'Top-down' and 'bottom-up': accounting for the failures of a vision for ‘Europeanisation’ No access
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3. Crises and reactions No access
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4. Competing priorities No access
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5. Reform within the EU No access
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6. The faces of south-east Europe in response to the crises of Europe No access
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7. Conclusion No access
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1. Introduction No access
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2. The opportunity comes too late No access
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3. EU agricultural policy under fire No access
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4. Competition a bottleneck to entry No access
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5. Administrative reform the Achilles' heel No access
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6. Euro-scenarios No access
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7. European Economic Area politically obsolete No access
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8. Conclusion No access
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1. Reactions and resolutions of the ETUC regarding the Stability Pact – laying the basis for practical trade union politics No access
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2. The participation of trade unions in the Stability Pact No access
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3. Trade unions in the region: improving the responsibility of co-operation No access
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1. 1. Why this enlargement is special No access
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2. 2. Costs and benefits, winners and losers No access
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3. 3. Growth potential and labour markets No access
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4. 4. The challenges of building social partnership in the run-up to accession No access
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5. 5. Policy instruments at hand No access
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1. Introduction No access
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2. The enlargement process No access
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3. The advantages of European enlargement No access
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  1. Towards a Stabilisation and Association Agreement No access
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  2. Negotiating and implementing the Stabilisation and Association Agreements No access
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  3. Assistance No access
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5. EU-Balkan perceptions No access
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6. Unresolved political questions – Kosova’s status and EU integration No access
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7. Integration processes within south-east Europe No access
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8. Regional co-operation No access
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9. Inter-ethnic reconciliation as a means for European integration No access
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10. Conclusions No access
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1. The Balkans 2003 No access
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2. Thessaloniki, June 2003 No access
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3. The European agenda No access
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  1. European agenda No access
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  2. Macroeconomic deficits and regional instability No access
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  3. Functional co-operation No access
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5. Conclusion No access
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1. Introduction No access
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  1. Main regional trends No access
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  2. European integration process No access
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  1. The necessity of a comprehensive framework No access
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  2. South-eastern Europe’s key challenge No access
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4. The fate of regional initiatives in south-east Europe No access
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5. Conclusion No access
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1. Introduction No access
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2. The enlargement process No access
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  1. Towards a Stabilisation and Association Agreement No access
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  2. Negotiating and implementing Stabilisation and Association Agreements No access
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  3. Assistance No access
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4. EU-Balkan perceptions No access
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5. One of the unresolved political questions No access
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6. Regional co-operation and the new CEFTA No access
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1. Introduction No access
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2. The dark sides of the Balkans – some western clichés No access
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3. The destruction of Yugoslavia No access
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4. European unity progress at war? No access
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5. The EU between globalisation and fragmentation No access
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6. The approach of the EU No access
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7. Stabilising the Balkans – the Stability Pact for South-Eastern Europe No access
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8. The Stability Pact at the micro level – the example of Bosnia and Herzegovina No access
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9. Fighting corruption No access
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10. Serbia and Montenegro – the EU as honest broker? No access
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11. Epilogue No access
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1. The broader picture – the SEE levels No access
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2. From Thessaloniki to Lisbon – the lost momentum No access
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3. Imbalance between the technical and political levels No access
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4. From Lisbon onwards No access
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5. What should be done need not wait No access
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1. Introduction No access
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2. Europeanisation hand-in-hand with enlargement: a literature review No access
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  1. Albania (COM(2010)680; SEC(2010)1335; MEMO/10/553) No access
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  2. Bosnia and Herzegovina (SEC(2010)1331; MEMO/10/557; COM(2010)660 final) No access
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  3. Croatia (COM(2010)660 final; MEMO/10/558; SEC(2010)1326) No access
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  4. Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM) (COM(2010)660 final; MEMO/10/556; SEC(2010)1332) No access
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  5. Montenegro (COM(2010)670; MEMO/10/552; SEC(2010)1334) No access
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  6. Kosovo (COM(2010)660 final; MEMO/10/554; SEC(2010)1329) No access
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  7. Serbia (COM(2010)660 final; MEMO/10/560; SEC(2010)1330) No access
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  8. Sub-case study: Croatia vs. Kosovo No access
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4. Conclusions No access
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1. 1. Introduction No access
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2. 2. The broader context No access
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3. 3. Principal challenges and prospects of further enlargement No access
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4. 4. Economic growth and unemployment rates No access
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5. 5. Areas to be revived: enterprise reforms and foreign investment No access
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  1. 6.1 Corruption No access
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  2. 6.2 Organised crime No access
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  3. 6.3 Recommended policy directions No access
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7. 7. Solutions and recommendations No access
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1. Introduction No access
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2. Western Balkans region and the enlargement dynamic No access
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3. The regional picture: lobbying for a faster integration track for the region as a whole No access
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4. The ‘regatta’: lobbying for a faster integration track based on the ‘own-merit’ approach No access
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5. The importance of lobbying No access
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6. Concluding remarks No access
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1. The EU: with divides or flexibility? No access
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2. Breaking the chains of weariness: a new EU in a new world order No access
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3. Enlargement: wider or/and deeper? No access
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  1. Who No access
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  2. When No access
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  3. How not No access
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  4. So how? No access
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1. Introduction No access
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2. Background No access
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  1. Civil and political instability No access
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  2. Low levels of economic development No access
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  3. Shifts in the priorities of foreign policy as well as shrinking aid No access
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  4. The debate on enlargement No access
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4. The importance of collaboration and co-ordination within the Balkans region for countries’ futures in the European Union No access
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5. Conclusion No access
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1. Introduction No access
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    1. The main trends in wage developments in CEE of the past decade No access
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  2. The 2009 crisis and central and east European economies No access
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  3. The 2010-2012 crisis in the Eurozone No access
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  4. Why central and east European countries are different to the Mediterranean countries most hit by the Eurozone crisis No access
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  5. Lessons from the Eurozone crisis for central and eastern Europe No access
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3. Conclusions No access
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1. Introduction No access
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2. The breaking away of Republika Srpska No access
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3. Two subsequent scenarios No access
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1. At the start of the war – no chance of stopping it No access
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2. Dialogue and relations during the war No access
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3. Promoting bilateral relations between ETUC affiliates and Yugoslav trade unions No access
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4. Democracy – a precondition for a lasting peace No access
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5. 1995: ‘Trade union bridge in Mostar’ No access
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6. Meeting with Jacques Delors and Tadeusz Mazowiecki No access
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7. After Dayton: establishing new relations and promoting dialogue No access
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8. KSBiH: One confederation for Bosnia-Herzegovina No access
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9. Serbia: trade unions at the heart of the conflict No access
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10. Kosovo – the other war No access
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11. Solidarnost – a regional platform of trade union co-operation No access
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12. Regional reconnection No access
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13. What is urgent now? No access
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