Ethnic politics in Europe : the power of norms and incentives / Judith G. Kelley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kelley, Judith Green.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International agencies--Europe, Eastern.

International agencies.

International relations.

Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1989-.

Europe, Eastern.

Europe, Eastern--Ethnic relations.

Europe, Eastern--Foreign relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This detailed account of ethnic minority politics explains when and how European institutions successfully used norms and incentives to shape domestic policy toward ethnic minorities and why those measures sometimes failed. Going beyond traditional analyses, Kelley examines the pivotal engagement by the European Union, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the Council for Europe in the creation of such policies. Following language, education, and citizenship issues during the 1990's in Latvia, Estonia, Slovakia, and Romania, she shows how the combination of membership conditionality and norm-based diplomacy was surprisingly effective at overcoming even significant domestic opposition. However, she also finds that diplomacy alone, without the offer of membership, was ineffective unless domestic opposition to the proposed policies was quite limited. As one of the first systematic analyses of political rather than economic conditionality, the book illustrates under what conditions and through what mechanisms institutions influenced domestic policy in the decade, preparing the way for the historic enlargement of the European Union. This thoughtful and thorough discussion, based on case studies, quantitative analysis, and interviews with nearly one hundred policymakers and experts, tells an important story about how European organizations helped facilitate peaceful solutions to ethnic tensions--in sharp contrast to the ethnic bloodshed that occurred in the former Yugoslavia during this time. This book's simultaneous assessment of soft diplomacy and stricter conditionality advances a long overdue dialogue between proponents rational choice models and social constructivists. As political requirements increasingly become part of conditionality, it also provides keen policy insights for the strategic choices made by actors in international institutions.

Contents:

Theoretical framework

Quantifying and exploring the data

Latvia: overcoming opposition

Estonia: reluctant cooperation

Slovakia: the Meciar hurdle and beyond

Romania: the long road

Alternative explanations: Russia, Hungary, and democratic development.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-257) and index.

ISBN:

9786613831620

9781283519175

1283519178

9781400835652

1400835658

OCLC:

638860592