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European Institutions, Democratization, and Human Rights Protection in the European Periphery
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Artikel-Nr:
9781498502054
Veröffentl:
2014
Seiten:
458
Autor:
Henry F. Carey
eBook Typ:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
This book examines the efforts of European regional organizations in promoting democracy, human rights, and the rule of law among states seeking membership. In country-specific chapters, experts test prevailing theories about how effective the regional organizations' efforts at improvement have been.
The European Union (E.U.), along with the Council of Europe, NATO, and the Office of Security and Cooperation in Europe are regional organizations which, despite their different missions, all are designed to support democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. The E.U. has required that all of its candidate countries for potential and actual membership adhere to these three criteria, along with free market practices, since its 1993 Copenhagen, inter-governmental summit. In this book, experts have contributed chapters on the European record of induced improvements in a variety of countries.
Current scholarship has debated whether the rational incentives of accession to membership (conditionality theory); the normative power of European identity (socialization theory); or international legal processes (institutional theory) have explained what some claim are significant improvements. Other scholars demur, arguing that the improvements have been superficial or ephemeral, or conversely, that real improvement would have occurred anyway. Still others argue that real improvements are reversible, especially after E.U. membership is attained and regimes revert to former or new ways that erode democratization. The E.U. and its peer institutions, they suggest, are not heavy anchors to democracy in periods of economic distress, rising nationalism and extremism. Yet others argue that out of these challenges, the E.U. has saved the Euro, built even stronger institutions, and remains a beacon of desired ideals and membership among countries that conceivably could graduate from its partner organizations and eventually join the E.U. as well.
Each chapter assesses what difference the E.U. and other regional organizations have made in the record of a particular country. These country chapters include those: that were candidate countries and became member states (Romania and Bulgaria in 2007 and Croatia in 2013); those that are now officially candidate countries (Iceland, Macedonia, and since 2014, Serbia); those have all signed stabilization agreements, which are usually precursors of E.U. candidature (Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania, and since 2014, despite being regarded as too large, the Ukraine, and too poor, Moldova); and finally, a new country (Kosovo), despite its non-recognition by five E.U. member states, which nonetheless appears to be on the road to eventual E.U. candidacy. This study is a highly nuanced picture of a varying European record fraught with conflicting interests, but portraying a picture of outer Europe struggling to improve because it seeks membership in a still powerful supranational organization.
Current scholarship has debated whether the rational incentives of accession to membership (conditionality theory); the normative power of European identity (socialization theory); or international legal processes (institutional theory) have explained what some claim are significant improvements. Other scholars demur, arguing that the improvements have been superficial or ephemeral, or conversely, that real improvement would have occurred anyway. Still others argue that real improvements are reversible, especially after E.U. membership is attained and regimes revert to former or new ways that erode democratization. The E.U. and its peer institutions, they suggest, are not heavy anchors to democracy in periods of economic distress, rising nationalism and extremism. Yet others argue that out of these challenges, the E.U. has saved the Euro, built even stronger institutions, and remains a beacon of desired ideals and membership among countries that conceivably could graduate from its partner organizations and eventually join the E.U. as well.
Each chapter assesses what difference the E.U. and other regional organizations have made in the record of a particular country. These country chapters include those: that were candidate countries and became member states (Romania and Bulgaria in 2007 and Croatia in 2013); those that are now officially candidate countries (Iceland, Macedonia, and since 2014, Serbia); those have all signed stabilization agreements, which are usually precursors of E.U. candidature (Montenegro, Bosnia, Albania, and since 2014, despite being regarded as too large, the Ukraine, and too poor, Moldova); and finally, a new country (Kosovo), despite its non-recognition by five E.U. member states, which nonetheless appears to be on the road to eventual E.U. candidacy. This study is a highly nuanced picture of a varying European record fraught with conflicting interests, but portraying a picture of outer Europe struggling to improve because it seeks membership in a still powerful supranational organization.
1. Introduction – Henry F. Carey and Trice Kabundi
2. The EU and Human Rights in Turkey: Political Freedom Without Social Welfare - Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat And Thomas W. Smith
3. The European Union and Turkey: Is Political Conditionality Promioting Democratization? – Paul Kubijeck
4. Progress or Deterioration: The Effect of Human Rights and Democratization Policies and Actions by the European Union and the Council of Europe in Ukraine – Julio C. Perez-Bravo
5. From Borderland to Heart of Europe? Ukraine’s Engagement with the EU’s Democratic Standards – Anna Fournier
6. The European Union and Democratization in Moldova – Robert Weiner
7. Has EU Conditionality Made a difference to Democratic Reforms and Human Rights Development on Montenegro? – Kathleen Barrett
8. Broken Lance: The European Union’s Unsuccessful Thrust toward Europe’s South-East: The Case of Romania – Tom Gallagher
9. What Difference did it make? Accession and Democratization in Postcommunist Bulgaria, 1989-2007 - Venelin I. Ganev
10. Iceland’s Democratic Challenges and Human Rights’ Implications – Baldur Thorhallsson and Björg Thoraensen
11.Croatia’s Difficult Path to European Union Membership – Teresa Cierco
12.Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Compliance with European Union Human Rights Conditionality - Vanja Petričević
13. The European Union, the ICTY, and the Challenge of Europeanization in Serbia – Jelena Subotic and Henry F. Carey
14.Contemporary Politics in Kosovo: Independence, Democracy, & European Integration – Daniel Silander
15. The Ontology of Human Rights Socialization: The Case of Albania - Ridvan Peshkopia
16. Conditionality vs. Socialization: The EU’s Impacts on Human Rights in Macedonia – Maria Koinova
17. Conclusion: What Difference does the EU Make for Human Rights and Democratization in the New Candidate Countries of Southeast Europe? – Henry F. Carey and Kathleen Barrett
2. The EU and Human Rights in Turkey: Political Freedom Without Social Welfare - Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat And Thomas W. Smith
3. The European Union and Turkey: Is Political Conditionality Promioting Democratization? – Paul Kubijeck
4. Progress or Deterioration: The Effect of Human Rights and Democratization Policies and Actions by the European Union and the Council of Europe in Ukraine – Julio C. Perez-Bravo
5. From Borderland to Heart of Europe? Ukraine’s Engagement with the EU’s Democratic Standards – Anna Fournier
6. The European Union and Democratization in Moldova – Robert Weiner
7. Has EU Conditionality Made a difference to Democratic Reforms and Human Rights Development on Montenegro? – Kathleen Barrett
8. Broken Lance: The European Union’s Unsuccessful Thrust toward Europe’s South-East: The Case of Romania – Tom Gallagher
9. What Difference did it make? Accession and Democratization in Postcommunist Bulgaria, 1989-2007 - Venelin I. Ganev
10. Iceland’s Democratic Challenges and Human Rights’ Implications – Baldur Thorhallsson and Björg Thoraensen
11.Croatia’s Difficult Path to European Union Membership – Teresa Cierco
12.Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Compliance with European Union Human Rights Conditionality - Vanja Petričević
13. The European Union, the ICTY, and the Challenge of Europeanization in Serbia – Jelena Subotic and Henry F. Carey
14.Contemporary Politics in Kosovo: Independence, Democracy, & European Integration – Daniel Silander
15. The Ontology of Human Rights Socialization: The Case of Albania - Ridvan Peshkopia
16. Conditionality vs. Socialization: The EU’s Impacts on Human Rights in Macedonia – Maria Koinova
17. Conclusion: What Difference does the EU Make for Human Rights and Democratization in the New Candidate Countries of Southeast Europe? – Henry F. Carey and Kathleen Barrett