CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Barisic, Zorana |
|---|---|
| Title | (E)Uturus: Laws on Reproductive Technologies in Contemporary Croatia |
| Summary | ABSTRACT Within the span of three years, Croatia introduced the most conservative and potentially the most liberal law in Europe on medically assisted reproduction (MAR), all while under the shadow of its accession to the European Union. The aim of this thesis is to show why these laws were passed and how the undergoing process of Europeanization affected significant changes happen to the laws on MAR in such a short period of time in Croatia. I argue that Europeanization played a significant role in the policy making process in Croatia when it comes to makings of these laws. The will show how the notion of “Europe” can easily be used by the actors on a national level in order to push their own agendas. The use of Europeanization process as a means for policy making process on a national level bared little or none connection to the EU whatsoever in Croatian case. I will show how HDZ (the Croatian Democratic Party) actively used a technical framework provided by the Europeanization process in order to push the controversial law on medically assisted reproduction in 2009. Also, I will show how the process of accession to EU imposes a discourse actively reproduced by the actors on a national level in order to legitimize their actions and discipline other actors in order to destabilize their position within the political system. I will show how SDP (the Social Democratic Party) did the latter to make space for changes of the 2009 law implicitly labeling it as non-appropriate for a European country. |
| Supervisor | Fodor Eva |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/barisic_zorana.pdf |
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