Conditioning Democratization :Institutional Reforms and EU Membership Conditionality in Albania and Macedonia ( 1 )

Publication subTitle :Institutional Reforms and EU Membership Conditionality in Albania and Macedonia

Publication series :1

Author: Peshkopia   Ridvan  

Publisher: Anthem Press‎

Publication year: 2014

E-ISBN: 9780857283344

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780857283252

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780857283252

Subject: D Political and Legal

Keyword: 政治、法律

Language: ENG

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Description

This book analyzes the effects of European Union membership conditionality on institutional reforms in Eastern European countries hoping to join the EU, specifically Albania and Macedonia.

Chapter

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION

The Legacies of Communism

Pre-communist Legacies

Nation-State Building and Ethnic Homogeneity

Elites and Masses in Democratization

The International Dimension of Democratization and the EU Impact on Eastern European Democratization

From political conditionality to EU membership conditionality

Explaining the Effects of EU Membership Conditionality on Membership-Aspiring Countries’ Institutional Reform

Chapter 2 A SECTORIAL CONTEXTUAL APPROACH TO THE EFFECTS OF EU MEMBERSHIP CONDITIONALITY ON EASTERN EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS

Negotiating Conditions

The Sectorial Contextual Approach

Research Design

Assuming elites’ role

The empirical test and data

Selection of cases: Reforms and countries

Variables

Data

Conclusions

Chapter 3 CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS IN ALBANIA AND MACEDONIA: CONDITIONING CONSOCIATIONAL PRACTICES FOR EU AND DOMESTIC DEMOCRATIC STABILITY

The EU and Albanian Constitutional Reform

A consociational interpretation of Albanian constitutional reform

A sectorial contextual interpretation of Albanian constitutional reform

Imposing Two-Level Consociational Practices: The EU and Macedonian Constitutional Reform

Macedonian constitutional reform in paper and practice: Dodging the bullet or baiting it?

A consociational interpretation of the Macedonian crisis and its aftermath

A sectorial contextual interpretation of Macedonian constitutional reform

Conclusions

Chapter 4 LOCAL DECENTRALIZATION REFORM

The Politics of Local Decentralization in Albania: Denying Yourself What You Do Not Want Your Rival to Have

A consociational interpretation of EU motivations toward Albanian decentralization reform

A sectorial interpretation of Albanian decentralization reform

Conditioning Consociational Practices in Local Government: The Case of Macedonia

Macedonian decentralization reform

A consociational interpretation of Macedonian decentralization reform

A sectorial contextual interpretation of Macedonian decentralization reform

Conclusions

Chapter 5 JUDICIAL REFORMS

Albanian Judicial Reform

A consociationalist interpretation of Albanian judicial reform

A sectorial contextual interpretation of Albanian judicial reform

Macedonian Judicial Reform

A consociational interpretation of Macedonian judicial reform

A sectorial contextual interpretation of Macedonian judicial reform

The Role of Human Capital: Eliminating Alternative Explanations

Conclusions

Chapter 6 ASYLUM REFORMS

Asylum in Albania: The Politics of Oblivion and Obedience

Asylum in Macedonia: How Many Sticks and Carrots Count?

A Consociational Interpretation of Albanian and Macedonian Asylum Reforms

A Sectorial Interpretation of Albanian and Macedonian Asylum Reforms

Conclusion

Chapter 7 BEYOND REFORMS

Albania: In the Trap of the Politics of Obtaining and Maintaining Power

Macedonia: In the Trap of Identity Politics

The politics of antiquisation

On neighbors’ toes

The name dispute with Greece

The diplomacy of the name dispute

The name dispute and Macedonia’s NATO and EU perspective

The aftermath of the Bucharest Summit

The implications of Macedonia’s international disputes to its EU membership: A consociationalist interpretation

Conclusion

Chapter 8 CONCLUSIONS

Appendix A THE DEMOGRAPHIC DYNAMIC OF MACEDONIA SINCE 1981

Appendix B OHRID FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT

ANNEX A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

ANNEX B LEGISLATIVE MODIFICATIONS

ANNEX C IMPLEMENTATION AND CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES

Appendix C ANALYSIS OF THE FULFILLMENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S RECOMMENDATIONS TO ALBANIA, NOVEMBER 2010, ACCORDING TO 2011 AND 2012 PROGRESS REPORTS

Appendix D GEOGRAPHIC AND POLITICAL DIVISIONS OF HISTORICAL MACEDONIA

NOTES

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 A Sectorial Contextual Approach to the Effects of EU Membership Conditionality on Eastern European Institutional Reforms

Chapter 3 Constitutional Reforms in Albania and Macedonia: Conditioning Consociational Practices for EU and Domestic Democratic Stability

Chapter 4 Local Decentralization Reform

Chapter 5 Judicial Reforms

Chapter 6 Asylum Reforms

Chapter 7 Beyond Reforms

Chapter 8 Conclusions

Appendix C Analysis of the Fulfillment of the European Commission’s Recommendations to Albania, November 2010, According to 2011 and 2012 Progress Reports

Appendix D Geographic and Political Divisions of Historical Macedonia

REFERENCES

INDEX

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