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Euroscepticism prevalent in the Member states is also discovered among the candidate countries. Serbia is one of the biggest eurosceptic countries where public support for EU membership has radically dropped over the recent years. Although the process of joining the EU is not called into question by itself, the conditions of membership are not seen as legitimate among majority of citizens. In the light of these facts, the article examines factors, which explain the success of Europeanization. The article indicates that legitimacy of the EU, identification with EU's values and resonance between the normative approach of the EU and the domestic institutional design in candidate country are essential mechanisms of Europeanization. However, these conditions in Serbia are not dominant due to inconsistency of the EU's enlargement policy in Serbia. The changing nature of the EU's enlargement policy and new requirements have contributed to increasing scepticism among the Serbian public about the worthiness of the EU membership. Moreover, the EU's conditions contradict with Serbia's long-term political tradition and institutional practice. In this way, the EU faces with incompatibility of accession conditions and political culture in Serbia. For this reason conditionality is no longer a viable strategy that impacts the attitudes of Serbian society towards the EU. In order to increase the legitimacy of European integration process the EU should embrace and invest more in socialisation measures targeted at the public.

The aim of this article is to evaluate the stances of relevant Serbian political parties (Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Serbia, Serbian Socialist Party, Serbian Radical Party, "New Serbia", "G17 Plus" and Liberal Democratic Party) on Kosovo's independence issue, as well as to assess the dynamics of change and continuity of parties' attitudes during the 2000-2008 period. The analysis confirms that in forming stances toward Kosovo's independence issue Serbian political parties apply utility-maximizing approaches, but it appears to be complementary to parties' ideational values and normative orientations. The political heritage based on the tradition of ethnic mobilization still dictates the electoral behavior of most of Serbian political parties: shaping their positions on the Kosovo's secession issue, parties use widespread value patterns, not rational arguments. This leads to further escalation of the Kosovo issue as an inseparable part of Serbia. Nevertheless, there is a noticeable change in Serbian political actor's representation of Kosovo since the public rhetoric of political parties acquires more pragmatic features. In addition to this, increased sophistication of Serbian electorate's preferences reflects the fact that in Serbia exists institutional and normative pluralism which is crucial for a long-term solution to territorial conflict.

The aim of this article is to evaluate the stances of relevant Serbian political parties (Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Serbia, Serbian Socialist Party, Serbian Radical Party, "New Serbia", "G17 Plus" and Liberal Democratic Party) on Kosovo's independence issue, as well as to assess the dynamics of change and continuity of parties' attitudes during the 2000-2008 period. The analysis confirms that in forming stances toward Kosovo's independence issue Serbian political parties apply utility-maximizing approaches, but it appears to be complementary to parties' ideational values and normative orientations. The political heritage based on the tradition of ethnic mobilization still dictates the electoral behavior of most of Serbian political parties: shaping their positions on the Kosovo's secession issue, parties use widespread value patterns, not rational arguments. This leads to further escalation of the Kosovo issue as an inseparable part of Serbia. Nevertheless, there is a noticeable change in Serbian political actor's representation of Kosovo since the public rhetoric of political parties acquires more pragmatic features. In addition to this, increased sophistication of Serbian electorate's preferences reflects the fact that in Serbia exists institutional and normative pluralism which is crucial for a long-term solution to territorial conflict.

Euroscepticism prevalent in the Member states is also discovered among the candidate countries. Serbia is one of the biggest eurosceptic countries where public support for EU membership has radically dropped over the recent years. Although the process of joining the EU is not called into question by itself, the conditions of membership are not seen as legitimate among majority of citizens. In the light of these facts, the article examines factors, which explain the success of Europeanization. The article indicates that legitimacy of the EU, identification with EU's values and resonance between the normative approach of the EU and the domestic institutional design in candidate country are essential mechanisms of Europeanization. However, these conditions in Serbia are not dominant due to inconsistency of the EU's enlargement policy in Serbia. The changing nature of the EU's enlargement policy and new requirements have contributed to increasing scepticism among the Serbian public about the worthiness of the EU membership. Moreover, the EU's conditions contradict with Serbia's long-term political tradition and institutional practice. In this way, the EU faces with incompatibility of accession conditions and political culture in Serbia. For this reason conditionality is no longer a viable strategy that impacts the attitudes of Serbian society towards the EU. In order to increase the legitimacy of European integration process the EU should embrace and invest more in socialisation measures targeted at the public.

Euroscepticism prevalent in the Member states is also discovered among the candidate countries. Serbia is one of the biggest eurosceptic countries where public support for EU membership has radically dropped over the recent years. Although the process of joining the EU is not called into question by itself, the conditions of membership are not seen as legitimate among majority of citizens. In the light of these facts, the article examines factors, which explain the success of Europeanization. The article indicates that legitimacy of the EU, identification with EU's values and resonance between the normative approach of the EU and the domestic institutional design in candidate country are essential mechanisms of Europeanization. However, these conditions in Serbia are not dominant due to inconsistency of the EU's enlargement policy in Serbia. The changing nature of the EU's enlargement policy and new requirements have contributed to increasing scepticism among the Serbian public about the worthiness of the EU membership. Moreover, the EU's conditions contradict with Serbia's long-term political tradition and institutional practice. In this way, the EU faces with incompatibility of accession conditions and political culture in Serbia. For this reason conditionality is no longer a viable strategy that impacts the attitudes of Serbian society towards the EU. In order to increase the legitimacy of European integration process the EU should embrace and invest more in socialisation measures targeted at the public.

Euroscepticism prevalent in the Member states is also discovered among the candidate countries. Serbia is one of the biggest eurosceptic countries where public support for EU membership has radically dropped over the recent years. Although the process of joining the EU is not called into question by itself, the conditions of membership are not seen as legitimate among majority of citizens. In the light of these facts, the article examines factors, which explain the success of Europeanization. The article indicates that legitimacy of the EU, identification with EU's values and resonance between the normative approach of the EU and the domestic institutional design in candidate country are essential mechanisms of Europeanization. However, these conditions in Serbia are not dominant due to inconsistency of the EU's enlargement policy in Serbia. The changing nature of the EU's enlargement policy and new requirements have contributed to increasing scepticism among the Serbian public about the worthiness of the EU membership. Moreover, the EU's conditions contradict with Serbia's long-term political tradition and institutional practice. In this way, the EU faces with incompatibility of accession conditions and political culture in Serbia. For this reason conditionality is no longer a viable strategy that impacts the attitudes of Serbian society towards the EU. In order to increase the legitimacy of European integration process the EU should embrace and invest more in socialisation measures targeted at the public. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ppaa.12.3.5154 ; Šiuo metu ES išgyvena ne tik ekonominę, bet ir įvaizdžio krizę. Euroskeptinės nuotaikos, paplitusios valstybėse narėse, juntamos ir narystės siekiančiose šalyse. Viena iš labiausiai integracijos į ES nauda abejojančių valstybių yra Serbija, kurioje visuomenės parama narystei ES per pastaruosius metus reikšmingai sumažėjo. Nors integracija į ES nėra kvestionuojama savaime, tačiau ES sąlygų nustatymo procesas nėra suvokiamas kaip legitimus. Taigi Serbijoje ...

Euroscepticism prevalent in the Member states is also discovered among the candidate countries. Serbia is one of the biggest eurosceptic countries where public support for EU membership has radically dropped over the recent years. Although the process of joining the EU is not called into question by itself, the conditions of membership are not seen as legitimate among majority of citizens. In the light of these facts, the article examines factors, which explain the success of Europeanization. The article indicates that legitimacy of the EU, identification with EU's values and resonance between the normative approach of the EU and the domestic institutional design in candidate country are essential mechanisms of Europeanization. However, these conditions in Serbia are not dominant due to inconsistency of the EU's enlargement policy in Serbia. The changing nature of the EU's enlargement policy and new requirements have contributed to increasing scepticism among the Serbian public about the worthiness of the EU membership. Moreover, the EU's conditions contradict with Serbia's long-term political tradition and institutional practice. In this way, the EU faces with incompatibility of accession conditions and political culture in Serbia. For this reason conditionality is no longer a viable strategy that impacts the attitudes of Serbian society towards the EU. In order to increase the legitimacy of European integration process the EU should embrace and invest more in socialisation measures targeted at the public.

Euroscepticism prevalent in the Member states is also discovered among the candidate countries. Serbia is one of the biggest eurosceptic countries where public support for EU membership has radically dropped over the recent years. Although the process of joining the EU is not called into question by itself, the conditions of membership are not seen as legitimate among majority of citizens. In the light of these facts, the article examines factors, which explain the success of Europeanization. The article indicates that legitimacy of the EU, identification with EU's values and resonance between the normative approach of the EU and the domestic institutional design in candidate country are essential mechanisms of Europeanization. However, these conditions in Serbia are not dominant due to inconsistency of the EU's enlargement policy in Serbia. The changing nature of the EU's enlargement policy and new requirements have contributed to increasing scepticism among the Serbian public about the worthiness of the EU membership. Moreover, the EU's conditions contradict with Serbia's long-term political tradition and institutional practice. In this way, the EU faces with incompatibility of accession conditions and political culture in Serbia. For this reason conditionality is no longer a viable strategy that impacts the attitudes of Serbian society towards the EU. In order to increase the legitimacy of European integration process the EU should embrace and invest more in socialisation measures targeted at the public.

Euroscepticism prevalent in the Member states is also discovered among the candidate countries. Serbia is one of the biggest eurosceptic countries where public support for EU membership has radically dropped over the recent years. Although the process of joining the EU is not called into question by itself, the conditions of membership are not seen as legitimate among majority of citizens. In the light of these facts, the article examines factors, which explain the success of Europeanization. The article indicates that legitimacy of the EU, identification with EU's values and resonance between the normative approach of the EU and the domestic institutional design in candidate country are essential mechanisms of Europeanization. However, these conditions in Serbia are not dominant due to inconsistency of the EU's enlargement policy in Serbia. The changing nature of the EU's enlargement policy and new requirements have contributed to increasing scepticism among the Serbian public about the worthiness of the EU membership. Moreover, the EU's conditions contradict with Serbia's long-term political tradition and institutional practice. In this way, the EU faces with incompatibility of accession conditions and political culture in Serbia. For this reason conditionality is no longer a viable strategy that impacts the attitudes of Serbian society towards the EU. In order to increase the legitimacy of European integration process the EU should embrace and invest more in socialisation measures targeted at the public. ; Šiuo metu ES išgyvena ne tik ekonominę, bet ir įvaizdžio krizę. Euroskeptinės nuotaikos, paplitusios valstybėse narėse, juntamos ir narystės siekiančiose šalyse. Viena iš labiausiai integracijos į ES nauda abejojančių valstybių yra Serbija, kurioje visuomenės parama narystei ES per pastaruosius metus reikšmingai sumažėjo. Nors integracija į ES nėra kvestionuojama savaime, tačiau ES sąlygų nustatymo procesas nėra suvokiamas kaip legitimus. Taigi Serbijoje nėra vienos svarbiausių europeizacijos prielaidų, numatančių visuomenės ir politinio elito sutarimą dėl narystės ES. Atsižvelgiant į tai, straipsnyje nagrinėjami europeizacijos sėkmei įtaką darantys veiksniai. 520 |a Taip pat analizuojamas ES plėtros politikos įgyvendinimas ir jos priemonių efektyvumas Serbijoje. Ypatingas dėmesys skiriamas veiksniams, kurie lemia serbų nuostatas eurointegracijos klausimu. Straipsnyje teigiama, kad Serbijos gyventojai narystės ES nauda abejoja dėl kintančio ES plėtros politikos pobūdžio ir siekio įtraukti naujus narystės reikalavimus.

The aim of this article is to evaluate the stances of relevant Serbian political parties (Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Serbia, Serbian Socialist Party, Serbian Radical Party, "New Serbia", "G17 Plus" and Liberal Democratic Party) on Kosovo's independence issue, as well as to assess the dynamics of change and continuity of parties' attitudes during the 2000-2008 period. The analysis confirms that in forming stances toward Kosovo's independence issue Serbian political parties apply utility-maximizing approaches, but it appears to be complementary to parties' ideational values and normative orientations. The political heritage based on the tradition of ethnic mobilization still dictates the electoral behavior of most of Serbian political parties: shaping their positions on the Kosovo's secession issue, parties use widespread value patterns, not rational arguments. This leads to further escalation of the Kosovo issue as an inseparable part of Serbia. Nevertheless, there is a noticeable change in Serbian political actor's representation of Kosovo since the public rhetoric of political parties acquires more pragmatic features. In addition to this, increased sophistication of Serbian electorate's preferences reflects the fact that in Serbia exists institutional and normative pluralism which is crucial for a long-term solution to territorial conflict.