Party Responses to the EU in the Western Balkans

Contributes to our knowledge on how contemporary political parties in Europe form and alter their attitudes towards the EU Provides an in-depth qualitative comparative study of Serbian and Croatian party politics and their parties' positions on the EU
Advances the theoretical scholarly debate on the factors that shape contemporary party responses to Europe

Auteur

Marko Stoji is Lecturer in the Department of International Relations and European Studies at Metropolitan University in Prague, Czech Republic. He holds a PhD in Contemporary European Studies from the University of Sussex. His research interests focus on the study of European integration, political parties in the Western Balkans and party-based Euroscepticism. He has published in Czech Journal of Political Science and Perspectives on European Politics and Society.

Contenu

Chapter 1, Introduction: Political parties and Europe.- Chapter 2. Serbia, Croatia and the EU: A difficult role for latecomers.- Chapter 3. Ideology, identity and party responses to Europe.- Chapter 4.- The logic of party competition and party responses to Europe.- Chapter 5.- Party position in the party system and their responses to Europe.- Chapter 6. Public, voters and party responses to Europe.- Chapter 7. Transnational party politics and responses to Europe: From 'comfortable isolation' to Europeanization.- Chapter 8.- Conclusions: Transformation, opposition or defiance in the Western Balkans?.