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Externe Demokratieförderung durch die EU
Matthias Erny
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Eine Analyse an den Beispielen Slowenien und Serbien
出版LIT Verlag Münster, 2016
ISBN364380217X9783643802170
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=mwfuDQAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This thesis deals with EU democracy promotion with a particular focus on the transformations of Slovenia and Serbia. The selection of these two countries proves to be meaningful and justified because of their differing paces of transformation as well as variance in the results. The main aspect of this thesis is the clarification of two research questions. First, what is the impact of the EU membership perspective on the transformation process? Based on this field-related question, an impact model was developed that incorporates systemic, structural, cultural and actor-related theories and thereby presents a theory synthesis. At its core, the interaction between external democracy promotion as part of the EU's enlargement policy and domestic democratisation is indicated and complemented by contextual factors in order to better explain the causes, conditions and paths of the transformation processes. The second (case-related) question provides the basis for the empirical research. Why has Slovenia's transformation been so rapid while in Serbia it has resembled a stop-and-go process? Therefore, the analysis of this study is derived from the proposition that the EU applied situational-based conditionalities within its incentive/pressure system according to their different starting positions. In Slovenia, these acted as a catalyst for the already-existing reform efforts - and in Serbia - they led to internal resistance because of diverging perceptions regarding the reform path, which in turn slowed down transformation. The study has revealed that the EU's leverage potential is high if the domestic structural and actor-related preconditions are advantageous, a value congruency exists between external actor and target country (macro and meso level), and the transformation leads to a noticeable impact at the level of the people that legitimises the intervention and the reform path (micro level). Slovenia, therefore, serves as an example.