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1 online resource (265 pages). |
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Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society
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Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society.
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Intro; Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Research Framework; 2.1 Theoretical Framework: Socialisation and Norm Diffusion; 2.2 Explanatory Model; 2.3 Case Selection and Methodology; 2.4 Operationalisation; 2.5 Data Collection; 3. Understanding the Context of Cooperation; 3.1 Historical and Institutional Development of the Europarties; 3.2 Party Development in Post-Communist Countries; 4. Finding Each Other: Process of Application and Identification; 4.1 Application and Selection Process. |
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4.2 Identifying a Suitable Europarty5. Incentive Structures for Cooperation; 5.1 Motives for the Europarties; 5.2 Motives for the non-EU parties; 6. Impact on Ideological Profiles; 6.1 Ideological Match: Fitting into the European Party Family; 6.2 Analysing the Ideological Match; 7. Impact on Organisational Structure; 7.1 Organisational Changes in Mother Parties, Youth and Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Branches; 7.2 Analysing the Organisational Changes; 8. Impact on Inter-Party Behaviour; 8.1 Inter-Party Relationships between Sister Parties; 8.2 Inter-Party Cooperation across the Europarties. |
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8.3 Analysing the Inter-Party Behaviour9. Conclusions; 9.1 Key Empirical Findings; 9.2 Comparative Analysis; 9.3 Impact on the Party System; 9.4 Impact on the Europarties; 9.5 Limitations; 9.6 Future Research Trajectories; Bibliography; Interviews; Official Documents; Party Documents; Literature. |
| Summary |
Brussels's idea of a "wider Europe" implies that Europeanization is not limited to EU member states. The EU can, so it claims, also exert influence beyond its borders. One of the channels of external EU influence is cooperation between Europarties and parties outside the Union. Through mutual visits and joint activities, non-EU parties become internationally socialized, that is, exposed to the Europarties' norms as well as values, and experience the rules as well as practices that shape European party-building. What are the incentives for Europarties and non-EU parties to cooperate with each other' What kind of, and how much, impact did cooperation have on party development in post-Soviet Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine' Based on eighty interviews with party officials, international donors and academics, Maria Shagina outlines the set of motivations that trigger cooperation between Europarties and non-EU parties, analyzes the impact of cooperation on party ideology, organizational structure, and interparty behavior in Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine, and explores the implications of this cooperation on the standardization, consolidation, and democratization of the non-EU party systems. Her findings shed light on how prestige and domestic factors impede the penetration of EU norms and values in the non-EU party structures, and point to the failures of Europarties to adequately address problems of party-development in Eastern Europe. The book reveals the ways in which cooperation with Europarties has paradoxically contributed to the ossification of the status quo and impaired the development as well as the consolidation of democracy in the three Eastern Partnership states. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Political parties -- Georgia (Republic)
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Political parties. |
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Georgia (Republic) |
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Political parties -- Moldova.
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Moldova. |
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Political parties -- Ukraine.
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Ukraine. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties. |
| Added Author |
Wolczuk, Kataryna.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Shagina, Maria. Joining a Prestigious Club : Cooperation with Europarties and Its Impact on Party Development in Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine 2004-2015. La Vergne : Ibidem Press, ©2017 |
| ISBN |
3838270843 |
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9783838270845 (electronic book) |
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