CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Kulasic, Elmina |
|---|---|
| Title | Ethnic Lobbying of the EU: The Role of the National and Sub-national Regions in the EU Policy-Making Process |
| Summary | Ethnic lobbying of the European Union (EU), through sub-national and national regions, is a marginalized topic in the lobbying literature. The primary focus of academic research has been on corporate, business and interest group lobbying, while regional representation has been analyzed through the process of Europeanization. In order to understand the role of regional representation in the EU, this paper draws upon a problem-solving approach, as well as semi-structural interviews with representatives from Catalonia, Spain, and Bosnia, to answer what lessons can Bosnia, - a non-EU member State, learn from Catalonia, Spain – an EU member-State, when it comes to regional representation and lobbying in Brussels? Bosnia’s unbalanced EU representation is a dilemma due to the partial implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords and the creation of two entities - Republika Srpska (RS) and Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Federation) – which has resulted in two different political structures and has undermined Bosnia’s aspirations to join the EU. The thesis suggests that a parallel approach to EU lobbying by establishing Cantonal Representation in Brussels is politically a feasible option in order to have a balanced representation of Bosnia. In addition, it may help Bosnia to address EU policy in regards to non-member State regional representation and its implication for the process of EU integration. |
| Supervisor | Alex Fischer |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/kulasic_elmina.pdf |
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