The Impact of Europeanization on Minority Communities [Paperback]

KatharinaCrepaz investigates how two-dimensional ('top-down' and 'bottom-up')Europeanization processes affect minority communities by using acomparative approach, encompassing cases from both old (pre-2004) and new EU member-states. The author therebybridges two dichotomies made in the literature so far, and outlineshow Europeanization takes place in non-acquis areas. She does so bylooking at four very different case studies: the German-speakingminority in South Tyrol/Italy, the Bretons in France, the Germanminority in Silesia/Poland, and the Italian minority inIstria/Croatia. 

LiteratureReview - Concepts of Europeanization.- Theoretical Background, CaseSelection and Methodology.- Case Studies - Background and Analysis.-Comparative Process Tracing Analysis and Outlook. 

KatharinaCrepaz, Ph.D. is a post-doctoral research associate at the Max PlanckInstitute for Social Law and Social Policy as well as at the TUM?nchen. Her research interests include Europeanization processes,national and immigrant minorities in the EU, the Roma, transnationalcivil society, as well as processes of inclusion and participationregarding marginalized groups.

KatharinaCrepaz investigates how two-dimensional ('top-down' and 'bottom-up')Europeanization processes affect minority communities by using acomparative approach, encompassing cases from both old (pre-2004) and new EU member-states. The author therebybridges two dichotomies made in the literature so far, and outlineshow Europeanization takes place in non-acquis areas. She does so bylooking at four very different case studies: the German-speakingminority in South Tyrol/Italy, the Bretons in France, the Germanminority in Silesia/Poland, and the Italian minority inIstria/Croatia.

Contents

• LiteratureReview - Concelcy