Evropská unie jako tvůrce regionů za svými hranicemi?

Haubrich Seco, Miguel

Miguel Haubrich Seco The EU as a region-builder beyond its borders? An analysis of the EU's promotion of regional cooperation in the Western Balkans and Mercosur. Abstract in English The European Union's enduring belief in the virtues of integration as an instrument for peace and prosperity has nurtured policies that seek to promote cooperation and integration in almost every other region of the world. This thesis investigates whether, how and to what extent these policies have been successful in promoting regional cooperation beyond the EU's own borders. Among all regions towards which the EU pursues such a policy, the study selects two with diverse dependency on the EU for the empirical analysis: the Western Balkans and Mercosur. In contrast to previous studies, often characterised by a systemic argumentation, this analysis develops a micro-level approach. This approach focuses on the traceability of specific EU influences and allows to empirically assess the EU's impact. Building upon on diffusion theories, the analytical approach spells out stylised paths of EU influence and tests these on individual instances of institutional change in the two regions selected. Using original data acquired in interviews with policy-makers and through document analysis, the study traces whether and to what extent EU...

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