THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE Predrag Cvetičanin

FORMAL AND INFORMAL INSTITUTIONS IN WB SOCIETIES The starting point of our research was the insight that as Western Balkan countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia, Kosovo and Albania) move closer to the European Union, paradoxically, the gap between formal and informal institutions is not getting smaller, but, in fact, is growing ever wider.

THE OBJECT OF STUDY The object of our study are the processes of institutional change in the European integration of Balkan societies resulting from interaction between new “EU-like” formal institutions and informal institutions shaped in part by cultural tradition, in part by experiences from the socialist period, and mostly by adjusting to, confronting, and evading the formal rules of the emerging game.

THE KEY RESEARCH QUESTION The key research question is to what extent the harmonization and transposition of EU rules and regulations within the national legal, political and economic systems in the SEE societies lead to substantive changes in practices and procedures or alternatively to what extent the imported rules remain “empty shells” with little influence in social life.

Gap 1: Between rules and constraints Gap 2: Between formal constraints and informal constraints Gap 3: Between constraints and practices Gap 4: Between constraints and resources Gap 5: Between EU acquis communautaire and the social values and norms in the SEE societies.

MIXED-METHOD RESEARCH DESIGN CASE STUDIES INTERVIEWS SURVEY ANALYSES OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND MEDIA REPORTS ETHNOGRAPHY SECONDARY DATA ANALYSES

SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE Predrag Cvetičanin

SURVEY SAMPLE F2F survey on the multi-stage, national proportional, probabilistic samples of 1,200 respondents in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina; 1,000 respondents in Macedonia, Albania and Kosovo (respectively) and 800 respondents in Montenegro – 6200 respondents total.

Survey QUESTION BATTERIES SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES (Place of permanent residence, nationality, religious affiliation, household composition, respondent’s marital status, parents’ and grandparents’ socio-demographics)

Survey QUESTION BATTERIES ECONOMIC CAPITAL (Average total monthly income of the household, sources of income, household posessions (houses/flats, land, cars), household production) CULTURAL CAPITAL (Highest level of education for all household members, digital literacy, level of cultural participation, tastes)

Survey QUESTION BATTERIES SOCIAL CAPITAL (Size of social networks, connections in public institutions, age, nationality, religious affiliation, education, occupation of three closest friends, political party membership, position in state government bodies, management position in the company or public institutions)

Survey QUESTION BATTERIES Values, life-goals, attitudes, trust Democratic/authoritarian orientation Opinions on equality/inequality; reciprocity, loyalty Generalized, institutional and personal trust Religious practices and experiences

Survey QUESTION BATTERIES INFORMAL PRACTICES OF INDIVIDUALS AND HOUSEHOLDS (How common they are – perception; personal experiences and the attitudes towards them) EFFICIANCY AND FAIRNESS OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS (ORGANIZATIONS)

Survey QUESTION BATTERIES KEY BROKERS: POLITICAL PARTIES (ELECTIONS AND CLIENTELISM) SOCIAL NETWORKS (SIZE, COMPOSITION, WEAK TIES, STRONG TIES, SERVICES, COSTS) EU & EU ACCESSION