Marko Lovec (Author), Kateřina Kočí (Author), Zlatko Šabič (Author)

Abstract

This article builds on the criticism of the international socialisation narrative which mistakenly represents compliance as socialisation and recognises agency only to the extent it fails to comply. It pertains to the argument that such a narrative can lead to stigmatisation which reinforces social orders characterised by specific hierarchies of power and spatial relations. The example of EU member states from Central Europe (CE) that went from "star pupils of norm adoption" to "misbehaving children of Europe" serves as a case study. The research of literature treating CE countries as socialisees and international organisations (OSCE, NATO and EU) as socialisers shows two things. Firstly, it demonstrates that CE countries internalised norms even before they complied with norm-based rules, which challenges views that (under) socialisation was (is) an issue with these states. Secondly, it shows that non-compliance of the CE countries did not have much to do with non-acceptance of norms as such. It was rather related to hypersensitivity towards specific norms and rules in a context of multiple crises with asymmetric effects for the CE countries. In this process, the EU and CE used (non)compliance to reinforce their identities, thus creating stigma (the EU) and the attempt to resist it or even wear it as the source of pride (CE).

Keywords

Evropska unija;Mednarodni odnosi;Mednarodne organizacije;Geopolitika;Norme;Socializacija;Stigmatizacija;Srednja Evropa;

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Language: English
Year of publishing:
Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization: UL FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
UDC: 341.217:327(4-191.2)
COBISS: 75124739 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 1408-6980
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Secondary language: English
Secondary keywords: International relations;International organizations;Geopolitics;Norms;Socialization;Stigmatization;Central Europe;
Type (COBISS): Article
Embargo end date (OpenAIRE): 2022-07-07
Pages: str. 890-909
Volume: ǂVol. ǂ24
Issue: ǂno. ǂ4
Chronology: Dec. 2021
DOI: 10.1057/s41268-021-00229-9
ID: 15916264