The Impact of Europeanization on Minority Communities
Intro -- Geleitwort -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- Table of figures -- 1 - Introduction -- 1.1 - Scientific Relevance and Development of the Topic -- 1.2 - Plan of the Study -- 2 - Literature Review -- 2.1 - Introduction -- 2.2 - Europeanization - A Process-Oriented Approach -- 2.3 - Comparative Case Studies on the CEECs and the Western Balkans: 'Top-Down' Europeanization Through Conditionality and Post-Accession Compliance -- 2.4 - 'Bottom-Up' Europeanization: Civil Society, Transnational Advocacy Networks and the Importance of Non-State Actors -- 2.5 - 'Two-Way' Europeanization as a Source of Legitimacy? -- 2.6 - Constructivist and Rationalist Approaches to Norm Transfer and Norm Development - Different Lenses for Analysis -- 2.6.1 - Constructivist Approaches -- 2.6.2 - Rationalist Approaches -- 2.7 - Comparative Conclusion -- 3 - Theoretical Background, Case Selection and Methodology -- 3.1 - Europeanization as a Two-Way Process - Definition and TheoreticalFramework -- 3.2 - Case Selection: A 'Most Dissimilar Cases' Model -- 3.3 - Different 'Directions' and 'Instances' of Europeanization -- 3.4 - Hypotheses to be Tested -- 3.5 - Data Gathering and Methodology -- 3.5.1 - Qualitative Methods: Process Tracing Typology -- 3.5.2 - Measuring and Triangulation -- 3.5.3 - Mechanisms, Evidence, Causality -- 3.5.4 - Interviews -- 4 - Case Studies - Background -- 4.1 - The German-speaking minority in South Tyrol (Italy) -- 4.1.1 - Current situation -- 4.1.2 - Historical Background and Development of the Minority -- 4.1.3 - Recent Political Developments - Towards A 'Territorialization' of theAutonomy? -- 4.2 - The Bretons in France -- 4.2.1 - Current Situation -- 4.2.2 - Historical Background and Development of the Minority Situation -- 4.2.3 - Recent Developments - On the Path towards ECRML Ratification?.