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SOME POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ASPECTS OF "SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPEANIZATION"
Serge Dufoulon et Gilles Rou et
The purpose of this chapter is to analyse Europeanization of two Balkan countries - Croatia and Serbia from a political and social perspective. In order to conduct such an analysis it is indispensable to throw a little light on the phenomenon of Europeanization. Since there is no common understanding of the present notion in scholarly debate, it can be defined in many different ways. Nevertheless, the majority of definitions recognise the dynamic nature of Europeanization and perceive it as a way of spreading European norms, values and institutional model(s) on national politics, domestic structures and local attitudes194. In a general understanding, the process of Europeanization is identified as an externally driven change in national and regional discourse which is brought by the actors...