Essays about: "European Accession Process"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 essays containing the words European Accession Process.

  1. 1. Multiethnicity and Identity in Kosovo through European Integration : The Construction of Group-Differentiated Rights in Kosovo

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Elma Mislimi; [2023]
    Keywords : multiethnicity; identity; ethnicity; Kosovo; non-majority communities; group-differentiated rights; minority rights; European integration; European accession;

    Abstract : The Republic of Kosovo’s self-declared multiethnic society has strived to construct an inclusive attitude and tolerating spirit toward all communities within. This study has explored how group-differentiated rights are used to construct identity and multiethnicity in relation to European integration in four official documents using the research questions; how is the production of identity and multiethnicity through group-differentiated rights in Kosovo constructed in the documents and related to EU integration; and how has the EU accession process affected the construction of multiethnicity and identity in Kosovo’s documents on minorities relating to group-differentiated rights? An ethnographic content analysis and comparative design, with a social constructivist perspective, grasping the constituents of group-differentiated rights concerning exclusive rights granted to minorities employed to develop, and safeguard identities was applied. READ MORE

  2. 2. The Republic of Kosovo, awaited Member State in the European Union or a false illusion? : “Europe is our continent, and the EU is of our destiny”– The Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Benjamin Shehu; [2022]
    Keywords : European Union; The Republic of Kosovo; Copenhagen criteria; accession; normative power; international relations.;

    Abstract : The EU has taken a major role in The Republic of Kosovo, creating a new future for the country via the EU office in Kosovo with its role in implementing EU norms in Kosovo. Kosovo is a potential candidate state for the EU and has declared its interest in becoming an EU member state. READ MORE

  3. 3. What does the identity politics problems in the regional relations of the Republic of Serbia tell us about the European integration process of this country?

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Vuk Gajic; [2022]
    Keywords : European integration; Regionalism; Constructivism; Neoliberalism;

    Abstract : The Western Balkans have been gripped by turbulent policies and relations in the region for the past 25 years. The Republic of Serbia, as a country responsible for many of the armed conflicts of the 1990s, is today a country that is largely conducting accession negotiations with the European Union towards membership. READ MORE

  4. 4. Enlargement of the European Union: An examination of the criteria for accession in light of the Union’s objectives

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Iris Öhnström; [2021]
    Keywords : EU law; EU-rätt; Enlargement; Accession; Utvidgning; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Enlargement, the process whereby countries join the European Union (EU), has had a key role in the Union’s development. Since its founding, the EU has grown from six to twenty-seven Member States, in a total of seven enlargement rounds. READ MORE

  5. 5. Discrepancies in European Union Pre-accession Evaluations : An Assessment of the European Commission’s Progress Reports

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Joel Gustafsson Hall; [2020]
    Keywords : EU accession; Copenhagen political criteria; Progress Reports; Western Balkans; Albania; North Macedonia; good democratic governance; rule of law; bias;

    Abstract : This study investigated whether EU Progress Reports measured the Copenhagen political criteria in a biased manner compared to independent indices. At stake is the credibility of the EU accession process and whether countries in the Western Balkans will seek partnerships with the EU or state-actors beyond the European peninsula. READ MORE