Horizontální evropeizace: teoretická úvaha nad horizontální formou konceptu evropeizace
Horizontal Europeanization: the Theoretical Consideration on the Horizontal Form of the Concept

Summary/Abstract: This article aims at the underdevelopment of the concept of Europeanization in general and its horizontal form in particular. Although the concept of Europeanization is the subject of various research, its horizontal form is still rather underdeveloped, despite the rather frequent usage of the name. The goal of this article is to provide the definition of the often used but inadequately explained concept of horizontal Europeanization, based on the examination and analysis of its key aspects (i.e. process, change and subjects). The definition is in the latter part of this article specified by distinguishing between horizontal Europeanization and cyclic Europeanization, or false horizontal Europeanization, using the characteristics of the process and the activity of the EU institutions, respectively, as the distinction. The definition of the concept of horizontal Europeanization serves as a theoretical explanation of the name used in current research and also as a background for better empirical understanding of the horizontal processes. The description and even discovery of such processes should be clearer and easier if based on this definition rather than on currently available general definitions or particular descriptions of selected processes.

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