LEADER 02499nam 2200409 450 001 9910504289903321 005 20230516062152.0 035 $a(CKB)5590000000629620 035 $a(NjHacI)995590000000629620 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000629620 100 $a20230516d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aMeaningful reform in the Western Balkans $ebetween formal institutions and informal practices /$fEric Gordy, Adnan Efendic, editors 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aBern :$cPeter Lang International Academic Publishers,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (208 pages) 225 1 $aInterdisciplinary studies on Central and Eastern Europe ;$vVolume 22 311 $a3-0343-3727-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $aThis book contains collection of articles which provide policy implications related to the problem of achieving substantive reform on the basis of harmonising legislation in Western Balkan (WB) countries with the standards of the European Union (EU). While WB states have generally been successful in adopting legal reforms that make up a part of EU conditionality, many laws remain unenforced, amounting to "empty shells." In the space between law, as it is written, and practices as they are engaged in everyday life, exists a gap, characterized by informality, clientelism, and exchange often based on strong tie relationships. Some instances of informality undermine the goal of establishing rule law and contribute to corruption. Others offer valuable solutions to persistent social problems or represent traditional vehicles of social cohesion that should be promoted. The recommendations in this book seek to address both constructive and damaging instances of informality, and to identify policy measures that can help to harmonise not only legislation, but existing informal practices on the ground. 410 0$aInterdisciplinary studies on Central and Eastern Europe ;$vVolume 22. 517 $aMeaningful reform in the Western Balkans 607 $aBalkan Peninsula$xPolitics and government 676 $a320.5409496 702 $aGordy$b Eric 702 $aEfendic$b Adnan 801 0$bNjHacI 801 1$bNjHacl 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910504289903321 996 $aMeaningful reform in the Western Balkans$92938046 997 $aUNINA