Untangling the Gossamer Web: Policy Learning and Informal Networks in Croatia and Serbia

Alexander Mesarovich

Europe-Asia Studies, 2024, vol. 76, issue 4, 489-521

Abstract: Thirty years on from the collapse of Yugoslavia, the paths of the former constituent republics have diverged, with Slovenia and Croatia acceding to the European Union and the rest remaining hopeful Europeans. This article analyses this discrepancy through the lens of policy learning, conceptualising the process of accession as one of learning on the part of the candidate state, and uses social network analysis to identify the impact of informal political networks in parliaments of Croatia and Serbia on their respective EU accession processes. It finds that informal networks in Croatia enabled accession while those in Serbia constrained it.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2023.2190868

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