Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Recovery Lost: The Greek economy is forced to fight its way back after Covid-19 Greece has dealt competently with the public health risk posed by Covid-19 but faces a possibly even bigger challenge in mitigating the economic impact of the crisis. Greece had started to heal some of the wounds from its previous...
News Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Democracy and the State of Emergency - Responses to the Corona Crisis in the Western Balkans, Croatia and Slovenia Leaders are invoking executive powers and are seizing a great deal of authority with scant resistance. We are witnessing a curtailing of civil and political rights on a massive scale, which is unprecedented in peacetime. While there was...
Publication Values at stake: Southeast Europe: A Normative Marketplace? The primary aim of this publication is to briefly discuss the current »normative marketplace« in the region. We want to draw contours of the current state of this marketplace and of those powers and actors that are challenging and...
Publication Publication Political Trends & Dynamics Political Trends & Dynamics: Deficient Welfare States in Southeast Europe Featuring voices from experts and policy-makers, this edition of Political Trends & Dynamics in Southeast Europe initially focused on analyzing the “Social Dimension of Enlargement Policy”. With the current global health emergency in...
Publication China's Soft Power in Southeast Europe China’s growing presence in Southeast Europe (SEE) has not remained unnoticed and is causing an intense debate on the nature of its influence. This paper aims to answer three key questions: What shape and form does Beijing’s soft power...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Social Dimension of EU Enlargement The social dimension of enlargement policy: Social rights as a priority of enlargement The Social Dimension of Enlargement Policy lays out the key findings from the study Enlargement Policy and Social Change in the Western Balkans , focusing on the interaction between EU institutions and WB governments in processes of...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Social Dimension of EU Enlargement Social Rights are Fundamental: Expanding the Social Dimension of Enlargement The countries of the Western Balkans (WB) are facing enormous social challenges, including poverty and inequality, widespread joblessness and precarious employment, as well as a poor quality of crucial services. EU integration should not...
Publication Publication Political Trends & Dynamics Youth Studies Political Trends and Dynamics: Youth Policy in Southeast Europe 2019 has seen increased development of youth policy throughout the region. In resonance with the EU Youth Strategy 2019-27, national youth strategies are currently being developed in Albania, Bosnia, and Montenegro. The FES published a...
Publication Agency for change : Alternative democratic practices in Southeast Europe Almost twenty¬five years after the end of the Cold War, initial euphoria about democratic change in many countries in the East and Southeast of Europe has given way to growing mistrust of political institutions and politicians, and an...
Publication Social Dimension of EU Enlargement Enlargement Policy and Social Change in the Western Balkans Has the European project in the Western Balkans delivered social change? Mass emigration and declining population rates, democratic backsliding, growing economic and social inequalities as well as social exclusion suggest otherwise....
