TY - JOUR
T1 - Europeanization from below
T2 - the formation of gender equality policies in the Western Balkans
AU - Jenichen, Anne
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - The article argues that, compared with the other countries in the Western Balkans, the Europeanization of gender equality policies in Bosnia and Herzegovina represents an interesting case of "Europeanization from below". It was not the EU, which called for the introduction of gender equality policies in the Stabilization and Association Process, but domestic policy entrepreneurs, who constructed a "shadow of membership conditionality". They framed their requests as element of the accession process tapping into the aspiration of policy-makers to joining the EU. The case illustrates that Europeanization matters in the Western Balkans, not only in terms of a direct influence of the EU but also because it provides opportunities for domestic policy entrepreneurs to further European objectives themselves.
AB - The article argues that, compared with the other countries in the Western Balkans, the Europeanization of gender equality policies in Bosnia and Herzegovina represents an interesting case of "Europeanization from below". It was not the EU, which called for the introduction of gender equality policies in the Stabilization and Association Process, but domestic policy entrepreneurs, who constructed a "shadow of membership conditionality". They framed their requests as element of the accession process tapping into the aspiration of policy-makers to joining the EU. The case illustrates that Europeanization matters in the Western Balkans, not only in terms of a direct influence of the EU but also because it provides opportunities for domestic policy entrepreneurs to further European objectives themselves.
KW - Europeanisation
KW - gender equality policies
KW - Western Balkans
KW - Bosnia and Herzegovina
KW - domestic policy entrepreneurs
UR - http://www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/0175-274x-2011-3-155/europeanization-from-below-the-formation-of-gender-equality-policies-in-the-western-balkans-jahrgang-29-2011-heft-3
U2 - 10.5771/0175-274x-2011-3-155
DO - 10.5771/0175-274x-2011-3-155
M3 - Article
SN - 0175-274X
VL - 29
SP - 155
EP - 161
JO - Sicherheit und Frieden
JF - Sicherheit und Frieden
IS - 3
ER -