ANALYSIS OF CHANGE IN PARTY POSITIONS TOWARDS THE EUROPEAN UNION AGENDA IN SERBIA

Year 2019, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 1 - 36, 12.07.2019

Önder Canveren , Müge Aknur

https://doi.org/10.30903/Balkan.584044

Abstract

Following
many years of political competition in Serbia between reformists and
nationalists, critical presidential and parliamentary elections were held in 2008
during the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo by Albanians in the
shadow of the European Union (EU) agenda. 2008 elections reshaped party
politics in favour of pro-Europeanism. This article analyses the change in
party positions towards EU membership with the help of “process analysis” by
referring to the independent variables of compliance,
identification, and internalization, modelled by Herbert Kelman. The study focuses
on following political parties that have shaped Serbian politics for a long
time: The Democratic Party of Serbia (Demokratska Stranka Srbije - DSS),
the Democratic Party (Demokratska Stranka - DS), the Serbian Progressive
Party (Srpska Napredna Stranka-SNS), and the Socialist Party of Serbia (Socijalistička
Partija Srbije - SPS). Contrary to arguments, which suggest that party
positions have changed due to EU conditionality with the help of
internalisation variable; this article argues that for SNS and SPS
“compliance”, for DSS and DS “identification” variable offers a more
comprehensive causal explanation.

Keywords

Serbia, European Union, Europeanization, Party Politics, Position Change

SIRBİSTAN’DA AVRUPA BİRLİĞİ GÜNDEMİNE İLİŞKİN PARTİ POZİSYONLARINDAKİ DEĞİŞİMİN ANALİZİ

Abstract

Sırbistan’da
reformistler ve milliyetçiler arasında uzun yıllar süren siyasi rekabetin
ardından, özellikle Arnavutların Kosova’nın tek taraflı bağımsızlığını ilan
ettiği 2008 yılındaki kritik cumhurbaşkanlığı ve parlamento seçimleri Avrupa
Birliği (AB) gündeminin gölgesinde gerçekleşmiştir. 2008 seçimleri, parti
politikasını Avrupa-taraftarlığı lehine yeniden şekillendirmiştir. Bu makale,
“süreç analizi” yardımıyla Herbert Kelman tarafından tasarlanan uyum, özdeşleşme ve içselleştirme bağımsız
değişkenleri üzerinden AB gündemine ilişkin parti pozisyonlarında gerçekleşen
değişimleri analiz etmektedir. Çalışma, Sırp siyasetini uzun süre şekillendirmiş
olan Sırbistan Demokrat Partisi (Demokratska Stranka Srbije - DSS),
Demokrat Parti (Demokratska Stranka - DS), Sırp İlerleme Partisi (Srpska
Napredna Stranka - SNS) ve Sırbistan Sosyalist Partisi (Socijalistička Partija
Srbije - SPS) üzerine odaklanmaktadır. Makale, parti pozisyonlarındaki
değişimi “içselleştirme” tezi yardımıyla AB koşulluluğuna bağlayan savların
aksine SNS ve SPS için “uyum”, DSS ve DS için “özdeşleşme” faktörünün daha
kapsamlı bir nedensel açıklama sunduklarını iddia etmektedir.

Keywords

Sırbistan, Avrupa Birliği, Avrupalılaşma, Parti Politikası, Pozisyon Değişimi

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