West Balkan satellite states of the soft empire of the EU
We elaborate on the relationship of Beck’s ‘soft empire’ and peripheral states, considering the EU as a non-homogeneous and non-hegemonic empire. We also work on the socio-theoretical “critique” of the so-called ‘methodological nationalism’. The starting point of a new approach is that the main p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Faculty of Philosophy, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Bezbednosni Dijalozi |
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| Online Access: | http://periodica.fzf.ukim.edu.mk/sd/SD%2008.sp%20(2017)/SD%2008.sp.03%20M%C3%A1t%C3%A9%20Sarnyai,%20C.&%20Pap,%20T.%20&%20B%C3%B3zs%C3%B3,%20P.%20-%20West%20Balkan%20satellite%20states%20of%20the.pdf |
| Summary: | We elaborate on the relationship of Beck’s ‘soft empire’ and peripheral states,
considering the EU as a non-homogeneous and non-hegemonic empire. We also work
on the socio-theoretical “critique” of the so-called ‘methodological nationalism’. The
starting point of a new approach is that the main problem is not any nation-building
program. In our view, the reasons for the recurring, persistent problems with the issues
of a nation its state, and neighbors are the majority-principled decision-making and
regional segmentation, and the fixed nature of borders. The emerging Balkan
phenomenon of “association with a delayed or canceled accession process” requires a
new approach. |
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| ISSN: | 1857-7172 1857-8055 |