"The countries of the Western Balkans - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and the province of Kosovo - form a core European region. The region is known for its instability and recent history of wars and civil conflicts, but far less is known about the...

This book is about transformation in the framework of European integration. Specifically, the path of the Balkans to European integration is outlined, although the track is admittedly uncertain. The Balkan countries have acquired particular importance since the 1990s due to their domestic...