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From the European Coal and Steel Community to Kosovo: Reconciliation and Its Discontents

2011; Wiley; Volume: 49; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1468-5965.2010.02152.x

1468-5965

Catherine Guisan,

Cyprus History, Politics, Society

JCMS: Journal of Common Market StudiesVolume 49, Issue 3 p. 541-562 From the European Coal and Steel Community to Kosovo: Reconciliation and Its Discontents CATHERINE GUISAN, Corresponding Author CATHERINE GUISAN University of Minnesota The author thanks Chris Borgh, Bashkim Iseni, Leigh Payne, Kathryn Sikkink, the members of the Collaborative on Transitional Justice at the University of Minnesota and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments. Thanks also to the interviewees for their invaluable contribution to this research, which is forthcoming in an expanded form in the author's A Political Theory of Identity in European Integration (Routledge, 2011).Catherine GuisanVisiting Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Political ScienceUniversity of Minnesota1414 Social Sciences Bld., 277-19th Avenue SMinneapolis, MN 55455, USAemail [email protected]Search for more papers by this author CATHERINE GUISAN, Corresponding Author CATHERINE GUISAN University of Minnesota The author thanks Chris Borgh, Bashkim Iseni, Leigh Payne, Kathryn Sikkink, the members of the Collaborative on Transitional Justice at the University of Minnesota and the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments. Thanks also to the interviewees for their invaluable contribution to this research, which is forthcoming in an expanded form in the author's A Political Theory of Identity in European Integration (Routledge, 2011).Catherine GuisanVisiting Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Political ScienceUniversity of Minnesota1414 Social Sciences Bld., 277-19th Avenue SMinneapolis, MN 55455, USAemail [email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 07 January 2011 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5965.2010.02152.xCitations: 7 Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Abstract The purpose of this article is to contribute to the scholarly and public debates on the often-invoked but undetermined European Union reconciliatory identity. First, it articulates an interpretative analysis of the founding of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and civil society initiatives in post-World War II western Europe, which draws its conceptual framework from Paul Ricoeur and Hannah Arendt's hermeneutics. Second, it discusses whether the reconciliatory practices thus detected are still relevant for countries in conflict on the path to EU membership. Former EU Commission President Jacques Delors and Polish Member of the European Parliament Bronislaw Geremek affirm that this is the case for the Western Balkans. This article explores what this might mean in terms of policies and grass-roots initiatives between Kosovo and Serbia today. References Ahtisaari, M. (2007) 'The Comprehensive Proposal for Kosovo Status Settlement'. 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