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The Theory of Interhybridity: Socio-political Dimensions and Migration Experiences of Post-communist Western Balkan States

Aliu, Armando (2013) The Theory of Interhybridity: Socio-political Dimensions and Migration Experiences of Post-communist Western Balkan States. Munich Personal RePEc Archive. pp. 1-45.

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    Abstract

    The Western Balkans integration within the EU has started a legal process which is the rejection of former communist legal/political approaches and the transformation of former communist institutions. Indeed, the EU agenda has brought vertical/horizontal integration and Europeanization of national institutions (i.e. shifting power to the EU institutions and international authorities). At this point, it is very crucial to emphasize the fact that the Western Balkans as a whole region has currently an image that includes characteristics of both the Soviet socialism and the European democracy. The EU foreign policies and enlargement strategy for Western Balkans have significant effects on four core factors (i.e. Schengen visa regulations, remittances, asylum and migration as an aggregate process). The convergence/divergence of EU member states’ priorities for migration policies regulate and even shape directly the migration dynamics in migrant sender countries. From this standpoint, the research explores how main migration factors are influenced by political and judicial factors such as; rule of law and democracy score, the economic liberation score, political and human rights, civil society score and citizenship rights in Western Balkan countries. The proposal of interhybridity explores how the hybridization of state and non-state actors within home and host countries can solve labor migration-related problems. The economical and sociopolitical labor-migration model of Basu (2009) is overlapping with the multidimensional empirical framework of interhybridity. Indisputably, hybrid model (i.e. collaboration state and non-state actors) has a catalyst role in terms of balancing social problems and civil society needs. Paradigmatically, it is better to perceive the hybrid model as a combination of communicative and strategic action that means the reciprocal recognition within the model is precondition for significant functionality. This will shape social and industrial relations with moral meanings of communication.

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    Item Type: Article
    Uncontrolled Keywords: Interhybridity; Migration; Politics; Western Balkans.
    Subjects for non-EU documents: Other > civil society
    Other > integration theory (see also researching and writing the EU in this section)
    Other > NGOs
    EU policies and themes > External relations > EU-South-Eastern Europe (Balkans)
    EU policies and themes > External relations > regionalism, international
    EU policies and themes > External relations > human rights & democracy initiatives
    EU policies and themes > EU institutions & developments
    Countries > Bosnia/Herzegovina
    Countries > Macedonia
    Countries > Albania
    Countries > Kosovo
    Countries > Montenegro (June 2006-on)
    Countries > Serbia (June 2006-on)
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > economic and financial affairs > economic policy
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > economic and financial affairs > general
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > employment/labour market > employment/unemployment
    EU policies and themes > External relations > enlargement (see Treaty reform)
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > europeanisation/europeanization & European identity
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > political affairs > governance: EU & national level
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > Third Pillar/JHA/PJCC/AFSJ > Schengen/Prum/border control/freedom to travel
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > Third Pillar/JHA/PJCC/AFSJ > asylum policy
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > Third Pillar/JHA/PJCC/AFSJ > immigration policy
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Depositing User: MA. PhDc. Armando Aliu
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 14 Oct 2013 14:00
    Number of Pages: 45
    Page Range: pp. 1-45
    Last Modified: 02 Nov 2013 22:09
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/44653

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