Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Western Balkans' Accession to the EU: Mission (Im)Possible After the successful research projects “Bulgaria in Europe and the World” and “Europe Looks to the East: Тhe Eastern Partnership One Year Later”, the Centre for European and International Studies (CEIS), together with the Friedrich Ebert...
Publication Publication Social and Economic Justice Are the EU and the Balkans drifting apart? The entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty on 1.12.2009 was hailed as a milestone of the European Union, ending almost a decade of discussions and putting the Union on a firmer institutional basis. And also where the enlargement of the...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Social Democratic Parties in Central and Southeast Europe According to Max Weber, political parties are voluntary associations whose supreme goal is to control the resources of the state (power, jobs, money) through their leaders. However, Weber considered northern and western Europe to...
Publication Publication Progressive Peace Policy Publication Social and Economic Justice Social Inclusion in South-East Europe – National and Regional Policy Priorities for a Social Europe With the end of socialism, South-East European societies experienced a most dramatic increase in poverty and socio-economic inequality. Sloveniawas the only country that escaped this generalized societal trauma. In the other countries...
Publication Publication Social Democratic Politics and Values Social dialogue, workers’ rights and freedom of association in the western Balkans For almost two decades, the ten new EU member states in eastern Europe, and also the current and future accession candidates in the western Balkans, have been going through a process of transformation which has had far-reaching...
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...
