Koinova, Maria. (2011) Challenging assumptions of the enlargement literature : the impact of the EU on human and minority rights in Macedonia. Europe-Asia Studies, Vol.63 (No.5). pp. 807-832. ISSN 0966-8136

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Abstract

This article argues that from the very start of the transition process in Macedonia, a fusion of concerns about security and democratisation locked local nationalist elites and international organisations intoa political dynamic that prioritised security over democratisation. This dynamic resulted in little progress in the implementation of human and minority rights until 2009, despite heavy EU involvement in Macedonia after the internal warfare of 2001. The effects of this informally institutionalised relationship have been overlooked by scholarship on EU enlargement towards Eastern Europe, which has made generalisations based on assumptions relevant to the democratisation of countries in Eastern Europe, but not the Western Balkans.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JS Local government Municipal government J Political Science > JX International law J Political Science > JZ International relations P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics P Language and Literature > PG Slavic, Baltic, Albanian languages and literature
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Journal or Publication Title:	Europe-Asia Studies
Publisher:	Routledge
ISSN:	0966-8136
Date:	2011
Volume:	Vol.63
Number:	No.5
Page Range:	pp. 807-832
Identification Number:	10.1080/09668136.2011.576023
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/51469

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