1. Values at Stake: Southeast Europe: A Normative Marktplace?
- Author:
- Vedran Dzihic, Gazela Pudar Drasko, Nilay Kilinc, Nilay Kilinc, and Senada Šelo Šabić
- Publication Date:
- 03-2020
- Content Type:
- Case Study
- Institution:
- Austrian Institute for International Affairs (OIIP)
- Abstract:
- Europe has not yet achieved creating a common European sense of »who we are«. The question is whether EU normative influence ever truly existed and whether substantial normative transfers to Southeast Europe (SEE) have ever been achieved. The prevailing top-down »one size fits all« approach to democratization in Southeast Europe must be contested in favour of a more nuanced methodology that considers the interests, grievances, and demands of each society.We cannot have societies with true European values without creating high-quality discursive spaces where SEE citizens can socialize as active citizens. We need to build a democracy of informed and engaged citizens that do not exclude each other.
- Topic:
- Democratization, European Union, Regional Integration, and Norms
- Political Geography:
- Europe and Southeast Europe