1. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE
Predrag Cvetičanin

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

7. SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE
Predrag Cvetičanin

8. 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.

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

10. 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)

11. 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)

12. 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

13. 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)

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