02801nam 22005175 450 991048328450332120200630112256.03-030-42295-X10.1007/978-3-030-42295-0(CKB)4100000011273473(MiAaPQ)EBC6209948(DE-He213)978-3-030-42295-0(PPN)259290556(EXLCZ)99410000001127347320200526d2020 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe European Union and the Paradox of Enlargement The Complex Accession of the Western Balkans /by Tatjana Sekulić1st ed. 2020.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2020.1 online resource (xxxiv, 240 pages) illustrationsPalgrave Studies in European Political Sociology3-030-42294-1 This book sheds light on the contradictions underlying the European Union enlargement process, specifically to the Western Balkans, challenging the common assumption that the integration of an extended European space might be possible without mutual transformation of the institutions and agencies involved. Sekulić maps the institutional dimension of the accession process, and analyses how the conditionality principle shapes and constrains the space for negotiation within the EU. Combining ethnographic research with the discourse analysis of the European Commission’s reports and documents from 2008 to 2019 concerning the Western Balkan countries, the book also explores the perceptions and agency of the individuals involved in this process. The European Union and the Paradox of Enlargement will be of interest to students and scholars of European integration, the sociology of Europe and the EU, and Eastern European and Western Balkan studies. .Palgrave Studies in European Political SociologyPolitical sociologyEuropean UnionPolitical Sociologyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X22170European Union Politicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/911140Political sociology.European Union.Political Sociology.European Union Politics.341.2422300Sekulić Tatjanaauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut500872MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910483284503321The European Union and the Paradox of Enlargement2162740UNINA