In Croatia's Slipstream or on an Alternative Road? Assessing the objective case for the remaining Western Balkan states acceding into the EU

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dc.contributor.authorPetrovic, Milenko
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Nicholas Ross
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-25T03:16:48Z
dc.date.available2024-11-25T03:16:48Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractSince the 'mega-enlargement' of the European Union into the erstwhile communist territories of Eastern Central Europe and the Baltics in 2004/2007, the prospect for further EU enlargement(s) has seriously dissipated. Terms such as 'enlargement fatigue' and 'absorption capacity' have become en vogue in the post-2007 enlargement setting where older EU member states have developed negative attitudes towards future enlargements. However, the accession of Croatia into the EU in 2013 has inevitably raised questions of which states or regions could be next. This paper contends that due to a multitude of issues surrounding Turkey, particularly the political impasse within the EU towards Turkish accession coupled with its sheer size, only the smaller states of the Western Balkans represent viable candidates (Iceland's accession prospects have stalled significantly due to internal pressures). This paper argues that the limits of EU eastern enlargement are set by both prevailing (subjectively defined) political attitudes founded on various grounds in the leading EU member states and by the rationally defined objective capacity of the EU's institutions to absorb potential new member states. It is through the latter, and in comparison to the three most recent accession states - Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia - which this paper attempts to assess the objective potential of the remaining Western Balkan states to accede into the EU in the near future. © 2013 © 2013 Taylor & Francis.
dc.identifier.citationPetrovic M, Smith NR (2013). In Croatia's Slipstream or on an Alternative Road? Assessing the objective case for the remaining Western Balkan states acceding into the EU. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies. 13(4). 553-573.
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.1080/14683857.2013.859812
dc.identifier.issn1468-3857
dc.identifier.issn1743-9639
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/107493
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
dc.rightsAll rights reserved unless otherwise stated
dc.rights.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651
dc.subjectarea studies
dc.subjectEU enlargement
dc.subjectWestern Balkans
dc.subjectenlargement fatigue
dc.subjectabsorption capacity
dc.subjectEuropean Union
dc.subjectenlargement
dc.subjectcommunity
dc.subject.anzsrc44 - Human society::4408 - Political science::440808 - International relations
dc.subject.anzsrc43 - History, heritage and archaeology::4303 - Historical studies::430308 - European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
dc.subject.anzsrc44 - Human society::4406 - Human geography::440606 - Political geography
dc.titleIn Croatia's Slipstream or on an Alternative Road? Assessing the objective case for the remaining Western Balkan states acceding into the EU
dc.typeJournal Article
uc.collegeFaculty of Arts
uc.departmentLanguage, Social and Political Sciences
uc.departmentNational Centre for Research on Europe
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