THE CONCEPT OF EUROPEANIZATION AND BALKAN COUNTRIES: SERBIA, BULGARIA AND ROMANIA EXAMPLES

Year 2019, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 22 - 45, 29.05.2019

Caner Övsan Çakaş

https://doi.org/10.38004/sobad.545998

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Europeanization is a profound issue that impact the both domestic and foreing policies of the member states, quasi-member states, candidate states, neighbour states and other states of the world. The reason of the European impacts in these large geographies may be market power of the European Union and political, social and cultural powers of the Union. In this research, definition of the Europeanization, its mechanism and its transformative effects will be elaborated in three Balkan countries, namely Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania. The main arguments
of the research is that the Europeanization could not provide the effective transformations in the foreign policies of Serbia and domestic policies of the Bulgaria and Romania. At the end of the research study it has reached that this failure of Europanization in these countries is correlated with the preferences of the ruling elites in these countries. 

Keywords

Europeanization, Foreign Policy, Domestic Policy, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania

AVRUPALILAŞMA KAVRAMI VE BALKAN ÜLKELERİ: SIRBİSTAN, BULGARİSTAN VE ROMANYA ÖRNEKLERİ

Abstract

AvrupalılaĢma, AB üyesi ülkelerin, aday ülkelerin, AB‟nin komĢu ülkelerinin ve AB ile iliĢkisi bulunan dünyanın diğer ülkelerinin iç ve dıĢ politikalarını etkileyen derin ve büyük bir konudur. AvrupalılaĢmanın bu
etkisinin nedeni ise AB‟nin siyasi, sosyal, kültürel ve ekonomik gücünden kaynaklandığı kabul edilebilir. Bu çalıĢmada ise AvrupalılaĢmanın tanımı, mekanizması ve Sırbistan, Bulgaristan ve Romanya olmak üzere üç
Balkan ülkesinde vuku bulan dönüĢtürücü etkileri ele alınmıĢtır. ÇalıĢma sürecinde AvrupalılaĢmanın Sırbistan'ın dıĢ politikalarında ve Bulgaristan ve Romanya'nın ise iç politikalarında etkili dönüĢümler
sağlayamadığı tespit edilmiĢtir. AraĢtırma çalıĢmasının sonunda, bu baĢarısızlığın sebebinin bu ülkelerdeki yönetici elitlerin tercihleri ile bağlantılı olduğu sonucuna varmıĢtır.

Keywords

AvrupalılaĢma, DıĢ Politika, Ġç Politika, Sırbistan, Bulgaristan, Romanya

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