Tuesday, June 25, 2013
5.55 (PC Hoofthuis)
Dzankic’s analysis looks at the horizontal and vertical effects of the process of Europeanisation on the post-Yugoslav states by examining the evolution of the different states’ policies related to extradition of their own nationals. The core questions of her research revolve around several issues, including: a)the consequences of the change in the nature of political conditionality of the EU (‘securitisation’ of the accession process); b)the persisting tension between the internally impermeable and externally porous character of sovereignty in newly-established states; and c))the legitimation of the change in extradition policies against the backdrop of democracy. She claims that while the state has the duty to protect its citizens, in the context of the Balkans (where facing the past, regional cooperation, and the reduction of trans-border crime are all conditions for EU accession) extradition of the country’s own nationals becomes an important tool for democratic consolidation and reconciliation among countries.
