Untangling the gossamer web : policy learning and informal networks in Croatia and Serbia

MESAROVICH, Alexander

doi:10.1080/09668136.2023.2190868

Untangling the gossamer web : policy learning and informal networks in Croatia and Serbia

dc.contributor.author	MESAROVICH, Alexander
dc.date.accessioned	2024-02-26T07:50:20Z
dc.date.available	2024-02-26T07:50:20Z
dc.date.issued	2024
dc.description	Published online: 21 April 2023	en
dc.description.abstract	Thirty years on from the collapse of Yugoslavia, the paths of the former constituent republics have diverged, with Slovenia and Croatia acceding to the European Union and the rest remaining hopeful Europeans. This article analyses this discrepancy through the lens of policy learning, conceptualising the process of accession as one of learning on the part of the candidate state, and uses social network analysis to identify the impact of informal political networks in parliaments of Croatia and Serbia on their respective EU accession processes. It finds that informal networks in Croatia enabled accession while those in Serbia constrained it.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Europe-Asia studies, 2024, Vol. 76, No. 4, pp. 489-521	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1080/09668136.2023.2190868
dc.identifier.endpage	521
dc.identifier.issn	1465-3427
dc.identifier.issn	0966-8136
dc.identifier.issue	4
dc.identifier.startpage	489
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1814/76578
dc.identifier.volume	76
dc.language.iso	en	en
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dc.publisher	Routledge	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Europe-Asia studies	en
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dc.title	Untangling the gossamer web : policy learning and informal networks in Croatia and Serbia	en
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