The EU and the Balkans: Shifting Meanings after the Crisis
The EU and the Balkans: Shifting Meanings after the Crisis
Author(s): Vjosa MusliuSubject(s): Political Philosophy, Structuralism and Post-Structuralism, Economic development, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Fakultet političkih znanosti u Zagrebu
Keywords: Kosovo; Bosnia and Hercegovina; Derrida; Euro-crisis; Balkans
Summary/Abstract: This article discusses to what extent meanings and discourses on ‘EU membership’on the one hand and on the ‘Balkans’ on the other, have shifted withinWestern Balkan countries in the past few years as a result of financial crisis inthe European Union. Focusing on Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, thearticle uses Derrida’s deconstruction to problematize the return of terms suchas ‘Balkan’ and ‘Balkanized’, as a way to explain failures of the economicsystem. The article concludes that in the case of BH and to a lesser extent inKosovo, there has been a de-mythicization of the EU.
Journal: Politička Misao
- Issue Year: LII/2015
- Issue No: 04+05
- Page Range: 32-42
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English