Spaces of Europeanisation in the Balkans

This book tackles the spatial dimension of Europeanization in the Balkans, by focusing on cities, inter-urban networks, and urban epistemic communities. Exploring the participation of urban actors in inter-urban networks, it employs a new mixed-method framework to track the circulation of European urban knowledge and policies, and their impact in the Balkans. The author explores discourses, practices, and their interpretation, to show how participation in European urban networks continuously reshapes Balkan Cities urban trajectories with contradictory and variegated consequences. Analysis of 18 European inter-urban networks along with expert interviews with their members, helps readers visualize the relationships between Balkans cities and gives insight into their perceptions. This book will be of interest to both scholars of urban studies and Southeast European Studies scholars, as well as anyone interested in the Europeanization of the Balkans and its cities.