CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Dobrikovic, Bianca Marie |
|---|---|
| Title | EU Conditionality in Post-Conflict States: A Comparative Analysis of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Cyprus |
| Summary | Bosnia and Herzegovina has been an official potential candidate country for European Union membership since 2008. However, membership in the Union is conditional upon the completion of 174 criteria, as set by the EU. As a result, BiH's path toward accession has been slow, lacking clarity and consistency. Moreover, as a post-conflict state, BiH does not have the institutional capacity necessary for a conditional integration framework. However, if all conditions are fulfilled, BiH will not be the first post-conflict state to enter the current 27-member union. In 2004, Cyprus gained full membership. Also a post-conflict state, ethnically and territorially divided, Cyprus provides an insightful perspective into the prospective accession of post-conflict states. Thus, the aim of this paper is to explore the EU's use of conditionality in a post-conflict state by examining BiH as a case study comparatively to Cyprus. |
| Supervisor | Miller, Michael |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/dobrikovic_bianca.pdf |
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