The National Politics of EU Enlargement in the Western Balkans
The National Politics of EU Enlargement in the Western Balkans examines the way in which a number of European Union member states, including Germany and France, formulate their policies towards enlargement in the Western Balkans.
The six countries of the Western Balkans Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia are on course to become the next members of the European Union. While there has been a lot of work on the ways in which these countries are preparing for accession, and how the EU as a whole approaches the question of expansion, very little attention has been paid to how individual EU member states regard enlargement into a region that presents a number of serious challenges, including the legacies of the conflicts of the 1990s, economic underdevelopment and poor governance. Focusing on key states, such as Germany, France and Italy, the neighbouring countries of Central and South East Europe, and Britain, once a leading advocate of enlargement that is now in the process of leaving the European Union, this volume casts important new empirical and conceptual light on the diverse motivations that underpin member state attitudes towards EU enlargement.
The National Politics of EU Enlargement in the Western Balkans will be of great interest to scholars of the European Union, European politics, and the politics of the Western Balkans. The chapters were originally published as a special issue of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies.
James Ker-Lindsay is Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Ioannis Armakolas is Assistant Professor at the University of Macedonia and Senior Research Fellow at ELIAMEP.
Rosa Balfour is Senior Fellow at The German Marshall Fund of the United States.
Corina Stratulat is Head of the European Politics and Institutions Programme at the European Policy Centre.
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The chapters in this book were originally published in Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 17, issue 4 (December 2017). When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows:
Introduction
The national politics of EU enlargement in the Western Balkans
James Ker-Lindsay, Ioannis Armakolas, Rosa Balfour and Corina Stratulat
Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 17, issue 4 (December 2017) pp. 511522
Firm supporter and severe critic Germanys two-pronged approach to EU enlargement in the Western Balkans
Theresia Tglhofer and Cornelius Adebahr
Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 17, issue 4 (December 2017) pp. 523539
Between indifference and hesitation: France and EU enlargement towards the Balkans
Natasha Wunsch
Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 17, issue 4 (December 2017) pp. 541554
The United Kingdom and EU enlargement in the Western Balkans: from ardent champion of expansion to Post-Brexit irrelevance
James Ker-Lindsay
Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 17, issue 4 (December 2017) pp. 555569
Italy and EU enlargement to the Western Balkans: the Europeanization of national
interests?
Andrea Frontini and Davide Denti
Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 17, issue 4 (December 2017) pp. 571589
Eurosceptic yet pro-enlargement: the paradoxes of Hungarys EU policy
Beta Huszka
Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 17, issue 4 (December 2017) pp. 591609