Lexington Books
Pages: 248
Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-7936-0775-1 • Hardback • June 2021 • $100.00 • (£77.00)
978-1-7936-0776-8 • eBook • June 2021 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Vladimir Vučković is lecturer in the Department of International Relations and European Studies at Masaryk University.
Chapter 1: Theoretical Background and Methodological Framework
Chapter 2: Judicial Reform in Montenegro
Chapter 3: Fight against Corruption in Montenegro
Chapter 4: Regional Cooperation and Developing Good Bilateral Relations with the Enlargement Countries and Member States
Chapter 5: Discussion on Mechanisms of Europeanization Presented in the Case Study of Montenegro
The process of European Union enlargement to the Western Balkan states is complex and by no means perfect. It is based not only on the well-known mechanism of conditionality, but also on intricate engagements between the Union’s perpetually fluctuating normative power and its foreign policy interests with states and societies that are captured or fractured—or both. The wealth of empirical material in Vučković’s book shows the workings of these processes in Montenegro and offers a welcome contribution to understanding the troubled and non-linear transformation of the smallest of the post-Yugoslav states.
— Jelena Džankić, European University Institute
This important study shows how the EU accession process in the Western Balkans has failed to transformed the countries, illustrated with the case of Montenegro, long heralded the frontrunner of enlargement. This book thus sheds light on how EU enlargement lost its way and how it has supported state capture rather than the transformation of the region. It holds important lessons not just for Montenegro, but for the Western Balkans at large and EU enlargement.
— Florian Bieber, Professor of Southeast European Studies, University of Graz