Publication South East Europe Student Research Conference 2010 The efficiency of the European Union-s strategy for enlargement has been tested by the integration process of East European countries after the fall of communism and giving the successful transition to liberal-democracy there are good...
Publication Current Developments in Southeast Europe Almost two years ago, the region of southeast Europe recorded economic growth of almost six per cent establishing itself as one of the strongest growing regions in Europe. The economic crisis of 2008 ended this however.
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Trade Unions in the 21 st Century A Discussion Handbook for Trade Unions in the Transition Countries The current publication is a specific event, a type of its own in the row of writings about trade unionism in transition societies. It comes with a pretty engaging name - about trade unions and the 21century. Taken at face value one may...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Foundations of Social Democracy Politics requires a clear sense of direction. Only those who are able to state their goals clearly will achieve them and inspire others. In light of that, in this Reader we would like to address the question of what social democracy...
Publication Publication Progressive Peace Policy Dialogues – Ownership for Regional Cooperation in the Western Balkan Countries At the end of 2008, the then EU-Commissioner for Enlargement, Olli Rehn, declared 2009 as the “Critical Year of the Balkans“. It remains to be seen if this prediction will come true, whether it is meant to be a warning or an offer, and...
Publication The Global Crisis on the European Periphery Obviously, none of the ex-communist countries of the European periphery could escape the great crisis. Regardless of their integration in global markets (such as Hungary) or their peripheral position (such as Serbia) - no macroeconomic...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Social Democratic Parties in Central and Southeast Europe According to Max Weber, political parties represent voluntary associations whose mail goal is to control the resources of the state (power, jobs, money) through their leaders. However, Weber notes that north and western Europe are a...
Publication Foreign Policy Review In this issue we try to answer a few crucial questions on the future of regional cooperation and EU accession from four different standpoints (the Albanian, Bosnian, Serbian and Croatian). How do the four mentioned states and their...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Political Parties and Minority Participation Minority political participation is where minority rights and social attitudes towards minorities meet. Conventionally, minority rights include approaches to avoid discrimination and affirm cultural distinctiveness of the community....
Publication Publication Progressive Peace Policy Strengthening Regional Stability through Human Security The Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and the Center for Prevention and European Values (former Initiative for Peace-building and Democracy) in 2004 launched a project entitled “Partners in Peace and Prevention” which aimed at endorsing the...
