Alexander Mesarovich

It's Not What You Know...: Europeanization and Informal Networks in Former Yugoslavia

amesarov@ed.ac.uk

https://edinburgh.academia.edu/AlexanderMesarovich/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/Alexander Mesarovich/

Edinburgh

Profile

Background

This project examines the impact of informal political networks on the European Union (EU) accession process of former Yugoslav states. In it, I use Social Network Analysis and in person interviews to quantify the structure of informal networks within the chosen cases to examine their impact on the formal processes involved in joining the EU.

Research interests

Elections, public opinion and parties Governance & Democracy

Europeanization, Social network analysis, Informal Politics, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia

Works within

Politics and International Relations