Suchergebnisse

Introduction -- The elusive essence of the rule of law -- Theory : europeanization by rule of law implementation -- Research design : cases and methods -- Legacies of the past as ostacles to the EU rule of law promotion -- Western Balkans in the EU's waiting room -- Judicial reform in the Western Balkans -- Comparative analysis -- Scope, depth and limits of EU rule of law promotion in the Western Balkans -- Conclusions

Almost two decades after the European Council summit in Thessaloniki, the promise of EU membership remains unfulfilled in the Western Balkans. Although the process of EU accession is continuing, the current pace throws the Thessaloniki promise into doubt. Despite initial success, the current approach to enlargement has reached its limits, as it seems to be slowing down the integration process rather than accelerating it. At the same time, the transformative power of the EU is too weak to positively impact on democratic and economic setbacks in the region. That is why this article considers various strategies that the EU could employ to recalibrate the accession of the Western Balkans, notwithstanding the need for sincere reforms in the aspiring member states.

Contextualizing refugee 'crisis' and EU integration : interrelatedness and mutual reciprocity / Pavlos Gkasis and Marko Kmezic -- The EU integration project through the lens of the Balkan-route 'migrant crisis' / Iryna Kushnir, Majella Kilkey and Francesca Strumia -- EU-Turkey relations and the migration issue : transactionalism in action / Dimitris Tsarouhas -- The migration/refugee crisis and the (un/re)making of Europe : risks and challenges for Greece / Dimitris Keridis -- The Balkan human corridor and the case of North Macedonia / Zoran Ilievski and Hristina Runcheva Tasev -- The impact of the "refugee crisis" on European integration in the field of asylum and migration : a Serbian perspective / Stefan Surlic -- Is Bosnia and Herzegovina a new hotspot on the Balkan route? / Armina Galijaš -- Securitizing migration in contemporary Hungary : from discourse to practice / András Szalai -- Germany after '2015' : still a country of immigration and asylum? / Marcus Engler -- Conclusions : the crisis of migrants as opposed to the migrant 'crisis' and the crisis of European solidarity / Marko Kmezic.

Cover; Table of Contents; Claire Gordon, Marko Kmezic and Jasmina Opardija - Introduction: The Challenges of Political, Social and Economic Change in the Western Balkans - 7; Jasmina Opardija - Building Social Science Research Capacities in the Western Balkans: RRPP Experiences and Perspectives in the Light of EU Integration - 25; Ana Stojanova - Defective Democracies: Challenges to Democratic Consolidation in the Western Balkans - 49; Snjezana Milivojevic - High Tech Low Pay: Journalism and Journalists in Serbia - 75