UID:
kobvindex_HPB1334655015
Format:
1 electronic resource (208 pages ).
ISBN:
9783034337731
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3034337736
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9783034337748
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3034337744
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9783034337755
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3034337752
Series Statement:
Interdisciplinary studies on Central and Eastern Europe, vol. 22
Content:
This book contains collection of articles which provide policy implications related to the problem of achieving substantive reform on the basis of harmonising legislation in Western Balkan (WB) countries with the standards of the European Union (EU). While WB states have generally been successful in adopting legal reforms that make up a part of EU conditionality, many laws remain unenforced, amounting to "empty shells." In the space between law, as it is written, and practices as they are engaged in everyday life, exists a gap, characterized by informality, clientelism, and exchange often based on strong tie relationships. Some instances of informality undermine the goal of establishing rule law and contribute to corruption. Others offer valuable solutions to persistent social problems or represent traditional vehicles of social cohesion that should be promoted. The recommendations in this book seek to address both constructive and damaging instances of informality, and to identify policy measures that can help to harmonise not only legislation, but existing informal practices on the ground.
Note:
Cover -- Contents -- 1. Engaging Policy to Address Gaps Between Formality and Informality in the Western Balkans (Eric Gordy / Adnan Efendic) -- 2. Europeanisation and Institutionalisation of EU Rules in the Western Balkans (Ivan Damjanovski / Marko Kmezic) -- 3. Implementation and Enforcement of EU Rules in South East Europe (Miran Lavrič / Reana Senjković / Rudi Klanjšek) -- 4. The Cost of Informal Networking in the Western Balkans Region Matters! (Adnan Efendic / Alena Ledeneva)
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5. How to Sustainably Decrease Clientelism and Ensure Fair Political Competition in the WB? The Case for Introducing Standing Parliamentary Committees (Misha Popovikj / Borjan Gjuzelov / Jovan Bliznakovski) -- 6. Leaders' Meetings: Facilitating or Replacing the Formal Political Processes in the Western Balkan Countries? (Vjollca Krasniqi / Nenad Markovikj / Ilina Mangova / Enriketa Papa-Pandelejmoni / Jovan Bliznakovski) -- 7. Informality and Everyday Life: How 'Things Get Done' in Contemporary Western Balkan Societies (Vjollca Krasniqi / Enriketa Papa-Pandelejmoni / Armanda Hysa / Gentiana Kera)
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8. Formal and Informal Institutions in Policy -- Evidence from South East Europe (Mirza Mujarić / Ismet Kumalić) -- Appendix -- Notes on Contributors
Additional Edition:
Print version: Meaningful reform in the Western Balkans Bern ; Peter Lang, [2019] ISBN 3034337272
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
URL:
https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcebookspublic.2020719235
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