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1. Introduction: Differential Empowerment and Domestic Change Agents

Author : Natasha Wunsch

Published in: EU Enlargement and Civil Society in the Western Balkans

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This chapter introduces the theoretical framework developed to investigate processes of differential empowerment in the EU accession context. It situates the analysis of civil society mobilisation in the broader debate on Europeanisation and the role of domestic actors and clarifies the book’s actor-centred perspective. It presents differential empowerment as a three-step process leading from shifting opportunities during the membership negotiations to deliberate usages of such openings by local civil society actors and ending with their eventual strengthening vis-à-vis domestic executives. A brief discussion of the research design provides information on the selected cases and data sources. The final section offers an overview of the book’s structure.

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Title: Introduction: Differential Empowerment and Domestic Change Agents
Author: Natasha Wunsch
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: EU Enlargement and Civil Society in the Western Balkans
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-91844-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-91845-7

Copyright Year: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91845-7_1