Processes of democratization in the East Central European and Balkan states

Sovereignty-related conflicts in the context of Europeanization

Bibliographic Data

ID7727142
AuthorsAttila Ágh (0000-0001-6960-8004, Department of Political Science, Budapest University of Economic Sciences, Fõvám tér 8, H-1093 Budapest, Hungary, corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume32
Issue3
Pages263-279
Publication date1999-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCommunist and Post-Communist Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0967-067X • E-ISSN: 1873-6920
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1016/s0967-067x(99)00012-4
OpenAlexW2155663090
LanguageEN
Citations received21
References cited15

This paper discusses the Central and East European democratic transitions as parts of the global democratization process, including their both external and domestic aspects. The analysis covers six East Central European (ECE) and six Balkan states. It provides a systematic overview of these twelve states with a classification of their external and internal developments. The paper classifies these states according to the three stages of systemic change and according to their EU (association and accession) and NATO (PfP and membership) relationships. In the New World Order, the sovereignty-related conflicts appear in this systematic overview through the analysis of the bilateral and multilateral relations between and among these states as restructuring follows the requirements of the EU and NATO. These multinational organizations actually rearrange both regional structures and neighbourhood relationships. The ECE and Balkan states, based on the parallel criteria of external and internal developments, form four groupings: (1) new entrants—the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia; (2) late-comers to democratization—Slovakia, Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria; (3) “semi-protectorates” of great powers and international organizations (Bosnia and Macedonia); (4) unsettled countries or conflict-seeking states—Serbia and Albania

Accession · Business · Democracy · Democratization · East-Central Europe · Economic system · Economics · Economy · European Neighbourhood Policy · European union · Geography · International trade · Multinational corporation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Restructuring · Sociology · Sovereign state · Sovereignty · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · European Politics and Security · Law · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics

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