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Futures of the Western Balkans

Author : Marco Zoppi

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 111 pages

File Size : 29,5 MB

Release : 2022-03-15

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 3030896285

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This Brief provides a survey of key political, social, and economic issues affecting the Western Balkans region. Taking a two-pronged conceptual approach focusing on fragmentation and integration, the volume highlights commonalities and differences in a number of simultaneous dynamics currently characterizing the region: Europeanization and EU access, market integration, and migration and socio-demographic transformations. Stressing the interconnectedness of these issues, the volume synthesizes key questions for the future of the region, such as the relationship between socio-demographic trends and economic development, the effects of depopulation on further EU integration, and the economic and political repercussions of enhanced intra-regional trade. Explicitly interdisciplinary, this Brief will be useful for researchers and students specializing in the Balkans and Western Balkans, post-socialist countries, European affairs, enlargement, foreign policy, international relations, regional studies, economics, economic transition, and socio-demographics.



Balkan Futures - Three Scenarios for 2025

Author : Marko Čeperković

Publisher :

Page : pages

File Size : 33,83 MB

Release : 2018

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ISBN : 9789291987511

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What will the Western Balkans look like in 2025? Will we witness Republika Srpska declare independence, a worsening of relations between Kosovo* and Serbia, and the rise of ethnic tensions across the region - or will we celebrate Montenegro and Serbia joining the EU, with good reason to hope that the rest of the region will soon follow? This Chaillot Paper presents three contrasting scenarios for the horizon of 2025 - best-case, medium-case, and worst-case. Each scenario takes account of the impact of underlying megatrends (trends that are unlikely to change by 2025) on the future trajectory of the region: the scenarios do not just spell out what 2025 could look like, they also explain how decisions with far-reaching consequences taken at critical junctures (called game-changers) will shape this future between today and then. They therefore serve not merely as a description, but also as a roadmap outlining the different options available



Education in the Western Balkans

Author : Oecd

Publisher : Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development

Page : 88 pages

File Size : 18,43 MB

Release : 2020-12-02

Category :

ISBN : 9789264385245

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Governing Territorial Development in the Western Balkans

Author : Erblin Berisha

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 398 pages

File Size : 47,3 MB

Release : 2021-06-19

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 3030721248

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This book offers a multifaceted overview of the evolution of spatial development, governance and planning in the Western Balkans from an institutionalist perspective. Written by experts in the field, it features various regional and national studies covering topics such as regional and spatial planning, territorial development and governance, and regional and cross-border cooperation in the Western Balkans. Offering a wealth of national, regional and local insights on territorial cooperation, development and planning, this book will appeal to scholars in regional and spatial sciences and related fields alike.



Government at a Glance: Western Balkans

Author : OECD

Publisher : OECD Publishing

Page : 168 pages

File Size : 18,40 MB

Release : 2020-07-07

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ISBN : 9264701184

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Government at a Glance: Western Balkans presents information on public governance in the Western Balkan region – covering Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia, and compares it to OECD and OECD-EU countries.



The Europeanisation of the Western Balkans

Author : Jelena Džankić

Publisher : Springer

Page : 262 pages

File Size : 42,51 MB

Release : 2018-09-21

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 331991412X

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This volume casts a fresh look on how the political spaces of the Western Balkan states (Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia and Albania) are shaped, governed and transformed during the EU accession process. The contributors argue that EU conditionality in the Western Balkans does not work ‘effectively’ in terms of social change because rule transfer remains a ‘contested’ business, due to veto-players on the ground and strong legacies of the past. The volume examines specific policy areas, salient in the enlargement process and to a different degree incorporated in the accession criteria, as well as EU foreign policy in the spheres of post-conflict stabilisation, democratization and the rule of law promotion.



Western Balkan Economies in Transition

Author : Reiner Osbild

Publisher : Springer

Page : 176 pages

File Size : 40,6 MB

Release : 2018-08-23

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 3319936654

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This book explores the economic and social development of the Western Balkan region, a group of six countries that are potential candidates for EU membership. It focuses on the key economic issues facing these countries, including the challenge of promoting economic growth, limiting public deficits and debt, and fostering international trade relations. Given the severe impact of the recent economic crisis on social welfare in the region, it also investigates the nature and extent of social exclusion, a factor likely to produce future political instabilities if not effectively addressed by a return to sustainable economic growth. The contributions explore these issues in light of the major influence of EU policy instruments and advice, which are currently guiding the economies along an accession trajectory to future EU membership.



The Rise of Authoritarianism in the Western Balkans

Author : Florian Bieber

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 169 pages

File Size : 34,51 MB

Release : 2019-09-30

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 3030221490

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This book explores the stagnation of democracy in the Western Balkans over the last decade. The author maps regional features of rising authoritarianism that mirror larger global trends and, in doing so, outlines the core mechanisms of authoritarian rule in the Balkans, with a particular focus on Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia. These mechanisms include the creation of constant crises, the use of external powers to balance outside influences, as well as state capture. The authoritarian patterns exist alongside formal democratic institutions, resulting in competitive authoritarian regimes that use social polarization to retain power. As the countries of the Western Balkans aspire, at least formally, to join the European Union, authoritarianism is often informal.



OECD Development Pathways Multi-dimensional Review of the Western Balkans Assessing Opportunities and Constraints

Author : OECD

Publisher : OECD Publishing

Page : 654 pages

File Size : 45,58 MB

Release : 2021-06-10

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ISBN : 9264861769

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The Western Balkans region has come a long way over the last two decades in achieving economic and social progress. With a population of 17.6 million, the region today boasts a combined gross domestic product (GDP) of close to EUR 100 billion, an average GDP per capita of about EUR 5 400 and a comprehensive process of integration with the European Union.



Migration in the Western Balkans

Author : Russell King

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 223 pages

File Size : 42,13 MB

Release : 2020-05-21

Category : Law

ISBN : 1000740455

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Migration in the Western Balkans rectifies the under-investigation by migration scholars of the Western Balkans region, by bringing together recent research at a time when migration is a hot topic for the future of Europe. The book explores issues such as the complex geopolitics of the region, the relationship between migration and development, diasporas, and refugees and humanitarianism. Expert contributors present new research on economic migration, forced migration, diaspora formation and return migration at a time when migration is of crucial relevance for the future of Europe. The chapters shed new light on the multiple migration dynamics of a region which has had a troubled past yet stands on the threshold of EU membership. As a theatre of multiple migration processes Migration in the Western Balkans reveals new information on the region, and will be of great interest to scholars of migration, the Balkans and geopolitics. The chapters were originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies.