Constituting the Social Basis of the EU: Reflections from the European Margins

<span class="abs_content">The article addresses significant aspects of the constitution of the European Union’s social basis from the broader perspective of a European space under construction. The specific point of view regards the process of Europeanization through enlargement to t...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:142ff946d09045148041950150035d1e2021-11-21T15:11:39ZConstituting the Social Basis of the EU: Reflections from the European Margins1972-76232035-660910.1285/i20356609v9i2p691https://doaj.org/article/142ff946d09045148041950150035d1e2016-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco/article/view/16322https://doaj.org/toc/1972-7623https://doaj.org/toc/2035-6609<span class="abs_content">The article addresses significant aspects of the constitution of the European Union’s social basis from the broader perspective of a European space under construction. The specific point of view regards the process of Europeanization through enlargement to the post-socialist Eastern and South European countries, and conditionality as its main instrument. In the light of the five-year moratorium proposed by the Juncker Commission in 2015, the process is examined particularly from its margins by considering the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), i.e. the last country in the ‘Western Balkans’, together with Kosovo, that is not yet a candidate for EU membership. The analysis aims to shed light on two different and conflictual forms of agency: first, the institution building process through accession procedures; second, social dissent patterns and citizens’ mobilization in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The purpose is to analyze if and how these diverse agencies cross borders and soften boundaries to constitute an emerging European society. A constant methodological concern of this study is if and how an ethnography of the process may contribute to the analysis of European integration in its complex, non-linear and often contradictory nature (Kauppi 2013)</span><br />Tatjana SekulicCoordinamento SIBAarticlebosnia and herzegovinaconditionalityenlargementeuropeanizationsocial dissentwestern balkansPolitical science (General)JA1-92ENPartecipazione e Conflitto, Vol 9, Iss 2, Pp 691-716 (2016)
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topic bosnia and herzegovina
conditionality
enlargement
europeanization
social dissent
western balkans
Political science (General)
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spellingShingle bosnia and herzegovina
conditionality
enlargement
europeanization
social dissent
western balkans
Political science (General)
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Tatjana Sekulic
Constituting the Social Basis of the EU: Reflections from the European Margins
description <span class="abs_content">The article addresses significant aspects of the constitution of the European Union’s social basis from the broader perspective of a European space under construction. The specific point of view regards the process of Europeanization through enlargement to the post-socialist Eastern and South European countries, and conditionality as its main instrument. In the light of the five-year moratorium proposed by the Juncker Commission in 2015, the process is examined particularly from its margins by considering the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), i.e. the last country in the ‘Western Balkans’, together with Kosovo, that is not yet a candidate for EU membership. The analysis aims to shed light on two different and conflictual forms of agency: first, the institution building process through accession procedures; second, social dissent patterns and citizens’ mobilization in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The purpose is to analyze if and how these diverse agencies cross borders and soften boundaries to constitute an emerging European society. A constant methodological concern of this study is if and how an ethnography of the process may contribute to the analysis of European integration in its complex, non-linear and often contradictory nature (Kauppi 2013)</span><br />
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title_short Constituting the Social Basis of the EU: Reflections from the European Margins
title_full Constituting the Social Basis of the EU: Reflections from the European Margins
title_fullStr Constituting the Social Basis of the EU: Reflections from the European Margins
title_full_unstemmed Constituting the Social Basis of the EU: Reflections from the European Margins
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