The European Union’s Approach to Conflict Resolution Transformation or Regulation in the Western Balkans

Laurence Cooley, "The European Union’s Approach to Conflict Resolution: Transformation or Regulation in the Western Balkans? "
English | ISBN: 1138487198 | 2018 | 230 pages | EPUB | 897 KB
This book investigates and explains the European Union’s approach to conflict resolution in three countries of the Western Balkans: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Kosovo. In doing so, it critically interrogates claims that the EU acts as an agent of conflict transformation in its engagement with conflict-affected states. The book argues, contrary to the assumptions of much of the existing literature, that rather than seeking the transformation of conflicts, the EU pursues a more conservative strategy based on the regulation of conflict through the promotion of institutional mechanisms such as consociational power sharing and decentralisation.