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Assessing the negotiation experience: quick accession or good representation?
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Institute of Public Finance, Zagreb
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Kroatien
Abstract This article examines the negotiation phase on two levels: First, it assesses domestic organising, the processes of adopting a negotiating position and the relevant actors involved. By a comparative analysis of the experiences from Estonia, Slovenia and Hungary, "best management" practises will be c... view more
This article examines the negotiation phase on two levels: First, it assesses domestic organising, the processes of adopting a negotiating position and the relevant actors involved. By a comparative analysis of the experiences from Estonia, Slovenia and Hungary, "best management" practises will be condensed. These are subsequently applied to Croatian negotiation management in order to identify potential problems. In a second step, the findings will be put into the wider context of the political consequences of the negotiation strategy, providing recommendations for alternative modes of domestic organising. It will be argued that the Croatian negotiation structure is streamlined in order to match ambitions to complete negotiations in a very short time. However, this institutional set-up concentrates one-dimensionally on executive expertise and reinforces problems in domestic representation and legitimisation. It therefore fails to accommodate to new strategic developments like enlargement-fatigue in the European Union and "euro-fatigue" in Croatia.... view less
Keywords
EU; Croatia; political actor; negotiation; joining the European Union; European integration
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Method
descriptive study
Free Keywords
European Union; Croatia; accession negotiations; negotiation team; democratic deficit
Collection Title
Croatian accession to the European Union. Vol. 4, The challenges of participation
Editor
Ott, Katarina
Document language
English
Publication Year
2006
City
Zagreb
Page/Pages
p. 29-56
ISBN
978-953-6047-77-2
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution