The European People's Party and the East
ISBN:
978-3-8487-6294-1
Verlag:
Nomos
Land des Verlags:
Deutschland
Erscheinungsdatum:
04.12.2019
Reihe:
Demokratiestudien. Demokratie und Demokratisierung in Theorie und Empirie
Format:
Softcover
Seitenanzahl:
398
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Using the example of the European People’s Party’s (EPP) activities in the Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia, this book demonstrates that European political parties may, under certain conditions, successfully influence political party transformation in the Eastern European Neighbourhood. In order to cover the highest possible variety of interactions between the EPP and its partner parties, the study examines three different mechanisms of norm promotion: conditionality, persuasion and social influence. While the EPP has influenced its partner parties to a certain extent both on an internal and an external level of party development, certain features of its partner parties have, however, strongly limited its influence, and its partner parties have often been resistant to change. Equally, their compliance with the EPP has frequently been merely rhetorical or formal. Finally, the author suggests a typology of which type of partner parties has been more likely to demonstrate such compliance.
Schlagwörter
Europäische Union
Ukraine
Political parties
Central and Eastern Europe
Georgien
Europäische Parteien
European People’s Party
EVP
Europäische Volkspartei
östliche Europäische Nachbarschaft
party development
party support
transnational parties
Europarties
Europaparteien
EPP
Eastern European Neighbourhood
party transformation
norm promotion
Normenverbreitung
Europäische Nachbarschaft
Republik Moldau
Parteienkooperation
