CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Tair, Fikrija |
|---|---|
| Title | EU Conditionality through the National Roma Integration Strategies in Western Balkans: a case study of Macedonia and Croatia |
| Summary | The existing literature on EU (accession) conditionality and minority protection which elaborates many aspects debated among scholars, assisted this thesis in uncovering some elements that have not been discussed earlier regarding Roma in the Western Balkans. In this regards tracing two case studies, Croatia and Macedonia, this thesis aims to explain the EU conditionality approach through the NRIS. The central research question of this thesis is: How does the EU (accession) conditionality approach impact on inducing candidate countries to implement policies for Roma through the National Roma Integration Strategy effectively? The research question is answered through a comparative case study design between one candidate country- Macedonia and one new member state-Croatia by doing a content analysis. More precisely, using a quantified assessment model, this thesis measures the progress of these two countries in implementing policies for Roma for the period 2009-2016. In the case of Croatia, this thesis elaborates results about the pre- and post-accession process. Based on the quantitative results and on the insights provided by the interviews, this thesis concludes that Croatia’s results regarding the Roma integration process are more progressive than Macedonia’s for the analyzed period. Additionally, these results show the factual situation of Roma in both cases. Therefore, those can be considered as measurements that reflect the effectiveness of the EU conditionality to induce the selected cases in the implementation of policies for Roma through the NRIS. The findings, to some extent are that the EU conditionality, considering its legal and financial mechanisms, impacts the future memberships through the implementation of the NRIS as a tool. |
| Supervisor | Svensson Sara |
| Department | School of Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/tair_fikrija.pdf |
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