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Securitization reversed. Does Europeanization improve minority/majority relations?
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Nancheva, Nevena |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | Through a conceptual framework that combines the English School’s focus on primary institutions in international society with the Copenhagen School’s theory of securitization and desecuritization, this article studies the Europeanization of national minorities. It thus signals a categorical departure from the dominant norms transfer approach to problems of national minorities in the European Union (EU), an approach that has failed to convincingly account for many minority outcomes of European integration. This is particularly true of the continual attachment of national minorities to the state’s security agenda. The article takes Galbreath and McEvoy’s (2012) hypothesis that the EU has a unique potential to desecuritize national minorities, and applies it to one candidate (Macedonia) and one new member state (Bulgaria). It assesses flashpoints of minority/majority tensions across several sectors (the judiciary, the police, public administration, political representation, education, and health care). The investigation ascertains negative outcomes—desecuritization—but points to the crisis of confidence in the primary institution of European integration (supranationality) and the ensuing consolidation of nationalism as the dominant institution of pre-EU European society. The article concludes that improved minority/majority relations are a possible consequence of Europeanization rather than a precondition for it. |
| Related Links | http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/38371/1/Nancheva-N-38371-VoR.pdf http://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/soeu.2017.65.issue-1/soeu-2017-0002/soeu-2017-0002.xml |
| Ending Page | 34 |
| Page Count | 25 |
| Starting Page | 10 |
| ISSN | 0722480X |
| e-ISSN | 2364933X |
| DOI | 10.1515/soeu-2017-0002 |
| Journal | Südosteuropa |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 65 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH |
| Publisher Date | 2017-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Südosteuropa Ethnic Studies School Primary Institution Macedonia Police Improve Minority/majority Relations Desecuritization Journal: Südosteuropa, Vol- 65, Issue- 1 |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Sociology and Political Science History Political Science and International Relations Economics, Econometrics and Finance Anthropology Cultural Studies |
