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Legacies of Srebrenica: The Dutch Factor in EU ‐Serbian Relations
Author(s) -
Lašas Ainius
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
political psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.419
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-9221
pISSN - 0162-895X
DOI - 10.1111/pops.12026
Subject(s) - supporter , negotiation , serbian , affect (linguistics) , conditionality , political science , candidacy , social psychology , psychology , law , philosophy , history , politics , communication , linguistics , archaeology
Having been traumatized by the actions of the B osnian S erb army and its primary supporter S erbia in Srebrenica, the N etherlands insisted on applying strict EU conditionality criteria for B elgrade's candidacy. The D utch determination to repeatedly stall the process of EU ‐Serbian negotiations and to snub the preferences of the rest of the EU members cannot be adequately explained without taking into account the role of self‐conscious affect. The article not only provides a fresh perspective of the enlargement process, but it also offers revisions to the habituated‐deliberative choice hypothesis, which to date has not taken into account the role of self‐conscious affect.