Overview
- 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
Part of the book series: Global Political Transitions (GLPOTR)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Keywords
- Political parties and the European Union
- Serbia and the European Union
- Croatia and the European Union
- party attitudes towards the EU
- Serbian party politics
- Croatian party politics
- party ideology impact on EU attitudes
- political responses to public preferences
- Socialist Party of Serbia
- Serbian Progressive Party
- The Democratic Party of Serbia
- transnational party attitudes towards the EU
- The European People’s Party
- The Croatian Democratic Union
- EU politics in the Western Balkans
- Party Responses to the EU
- EU politics in the Western Balkans
- EU politics
- european union politics
About this book
This book examines how European issues have played out in Serbian and Croatian party politics since 2000, in the context of significant challenges brought by European integration of the Western Balkans. It provides a comprehensive analysis of how political parties in these countries have determined and shifted their positions on the EU, by exploring the effect and interaction of party ideology and strategy, position within the party system, relations with the general public and voters as well as transnational party linkages. The author argues that the particular nature of European issues, closely related to crucial identity and statehood dilemmas in these post-conflict societies, largely determined party stances on the EU, feeding significant Eurosceptic sentiments. At the same time, a number of core parties underwent a rapid pro-EU conversion, pragmatically responding to internal and external incentives in the context of dynamic electoral competition and strong EU presence, and aimed at maximising their chances of securing executive office. The book will be of interest to advanced students and scholars in the fields of comparative politics, Western Balkan politics, and EU studies.
Reviews
“In this empirically rich study, Marko Stojić compares how Serbian and Croatian political parties cope with the challenges of European integration. Based on extraordinary conceptual clarity and excellent original research, the book helps us understand the transformative power of the EU on political parties. The book is a ‘must-read’ for scholars interested in the Western Balkans and EU impact on political parties.” (Professor Vít Hloušek, Masaryk University, Czech Republic)
“This is a timely book on party attitudes towards European integration in the Western Balkans that offers insights well beyond the case studies and examines how contemporary parties face the impact of the EU. The rich empirical analysis provides an original and unique view of the specific nature of EU issues in these countries. It is a fundamental reading for scholars interested in party responses to the EU.” (Dr Simona Guerra, University of Leicester, UK)
“This book is an important contribution to scholarship on party politics. It provides a critical and timely examination of how political parties conceptualise the European Union. By examining the cases of Croatia and Serbia, the book shows how political parties, in times of transition or flux, manage to use, popularise or undermine the EU (or the idea of the EU), in order to further their political goals.” (Dr Jelena Obradovic-Wochnik, Aston University, UK)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Marko Stojić 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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Party Responses to the EU in the Western Balkans
Book Subtitle: Transformation, Opposition or Defiance?
Authors: Marko Stojić
Series Title: Global Political Transitions
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59563-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59562-7Published: 19 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86651-2Published: 10 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59563-4Published: 04 September 2017
Series ISSN: 2522-8730
Series E-ISSN: 2522-8749
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 291
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: European Union Politics, Comparative Politics, International Organization