Europeanization of Slovakia
Europeanization of Slovakia
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斯洛伐克的欧洲化
DOI：
10.1057/palgrave.cep.6110031
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发表时间：
2004
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Erika Harris
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作者：
Erika Harris
斯洛伐克最近的政治发展产生了一种与参与欧盟相容的国内政治形式，并证实了“欧洲化”-这里指的是一个国家的国内结构通过欧洲框架、规范和规则的转变过程-在斯洛伐克的情况下，已经成为从国家边界之外加强民主化进程的同义词。本文首先考察了1998年至今的政治竞争结构，其次考察了身份相关问题与欧洲一体化之间的相互关系。这一论点的主旨是，1998年后的历届政府都更善于管理欧洲一体化，而不是消除民族主义和“后共产主义威权主义”的遗产。也有人认为，“欧洲化”是特别有问题的国家，如斯洛伐克，它紧跟着一个相对强大的民族主义动员民族领土性质连接到建立独立的国家地位。然而，证据表明，尽管斯洛伐克政党制度的结构不稳定，民族和少数民族问题也存在一些突出问题，但“欧洲化”一直是斯洛伐克从一个失败的民主国家向欧洲多民族国家缓慢转型的积极因素。
Recent political developments in Slovakia produced a form of domestic politics compatible with participation in the EU and confirmed that ‘Europeanization' — here taken to mean a process of transformation of the domestic structures of a state by European frameworks, norms and rule — in the case of Slovakia, has been synonymous with the intensification of the democratization process from beyond the state's boundaries. The article examines firstly, the structure of political competition in the period between 1998 to the present day and secondly, the inter-relationship between identity-related issues and European integration. The main thrust of the argument is that consecutive post-1998 governments have been better at managing European integration than at eliminating the legacy of nationalism and ‘postcommunist authoritarianism'. It is also argued that ‘Europeanization' is particularly problematic to states such as Slovakia where it follows hard on the heels of a relatively strong nationalistic mobilisation of ethno-territorial character connected to the establishment of independent statehood. However, the evidence suggests that despite the structural instability of the Slovak party system and some outstanding problems with national and minority issues, ‘Europeanization' has been a positive and contributory factor in the slow transformation of Slovakia from a failing democracy towards a European multinational one.