Yoji Koyama's profile
Affiliation: Niigata University
Full title: Professor Emeritus
South Eastern Europe in
Transition: A Quest for Stabilization of the Region after the Breakup of the
Former Yugoslavia
Graduate School of Contemporary Society and Culture, Niigata University 2003
Self-Managing Socialism :
Regime of the 1974 Constitution in Former Yugoslavia
Niigata University, Faculty of Economics
A Study on the Actual
Situation of Self-management in Yugoslavia
1984
The Self-managing Community
of Interest(SIZ) in Yugoslavia
: With Reference to Local Autonomy
The Journal of Economics Niigata University
Niigata University
Economic Society (35) 45-65 1984
An Empirical Study on the
Mechanisms of Self-management in places of work and Living and Rural Area in Yugoslavia
1986
The Recent Economic Situation
in Yugoslavia
and the Role of Work Organizations
The Journal of Economics Niigata University
Niigata University
Economic Society (41-42) 121-134 1987
Japanese Economy : Aspect of
Development
The Journal of Economics Niigata University
Niigata University
Economic Society (51) 27-42 1991
Gospodarsko prestrukturiranje
in internationalizacija v Sloveniji: strategija majhne drzave za prezivete in
razvoj [translation into Slovenian from an English paper: A Small Country's
Strategy for Survival and Development]
Uspesna Nedozorelost, ed. by
Miroslav Stanojevic, Fakulteta za druzbene vede, Ljubjana 2001
Economic Restructuring and
Internationalization of Slovenia [Original title: Economic Restructuring and
Thorough Internationalization in Slovenia: A Small Country's
Strategy for Survival and Development, Contributed to a book at Editor's
request]
Internationalization in
Central and Eastern Europe, ed. by Marin A.
Marinov, Ashgate 2002
South Eastern Europe in
Transition: A Quest for Stabilization of the Regime after the Breakup of the
Former Yugoslavia, 218+vi, Niigata University Scholars Series, Vol.1, Graduate
School of Modern Society and Culture, Niigata University, 2003.
Yugo, Jishukanri Shakaishugi
no Kenkyu: 1974 Nen Kenpoh Taisei no Dohtai [A Study of Yugoslav Self-managed
Socialism: Movement of the Regime of the 1974 Constitution], 374p+xviii, Tokyo: Taga Shuppan,
1996. (in Japanese)
EU no Toho Kakudai to Nan
To'oh: Shijo Keizaika to Shokoku no Ikinokori Senryaku [EU's Eastward
Enlargement and South Eastern Europe: Transition to a Market Economy and Small
Countries' Strategies for Survival], 272p+xiv, Kyoto: Minerva Shobo, 2004. (in Japanese)
Projects
A two-year project: An
Empirical Study on the EU's Stabilization and Association Process and the
Economic Development in the Western Balkans, 2007-2008, sponsored by the Japan
Society for Promotion of Sciences (JSPS)
Abstract
Macedonian nation did not
have its own state until the 20th century. After World War II Macedonia formed a Republic within the Socialist
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (former Yugoslavia). The region where
Macedonians live is not confined to this Republic but it extends over to the
western part of Bulgaria and
the northern part of Greece.
This fact has been an underlying cause of disputes with the neighbouring
countries. With the disintegration of former Yugoslavia
in 1991, Macedonia
became an independent state. The newly-born country was admitted to the United
Nations in April 1993. Similar to other Republics of the former Yugoslavia, Macedonia had to carry out double
transition, i.e. transition to a market economy and transition from a regional
to a national economy. The Republic
of Macedonia has ethnic
minorities within the country. According to the census of 1994, Macedonians had
the biggest population (66.6%), followed by Albanians (22.7%), Turkish (4.0%),
Romanies (2.2%), Serbs (2.1%), and Vlachs 0.4%. Others and people who
undeclared their nationalities accounted for 1.9% and 0.1% respectively
(Macedonian Academy 1997: XII).
The Balkan Peninsula has been
a region where battles were often repeated as it has been called ‘Europe’s powder keg’. With the regime change, ethnicity
problems, which were contained during the socialist period, came to surface. It
is still fresh in our memory that ethnic conflicts occurred after the breakup
of the former Yugoslavia
and also in 1999 over the Kosovo problem. A group of countries – Albania and successor countries of the former Yugoslavia excluding Slovenia – is called the Western
Balkans by the European Union (EU). In May 1999 the EU launched a new approach
to the Western Balkans, i.e. ‘Stabilization and Association Process’ (SAP)
which was different from the approach to Central European and Baltic countries.
For a newly independent small
country to survive a market economy, it is required to tackle the following
tasks:
to settle domestic conflicts,
establish good relationship with neighboring
countries and
secure economic independence. Western Balkan
countries, which have experienced ethnic conflicts and still have domestic
ethnic problems, would not be assured of their survival as long as they remain
outside the European Union. Therefore, a prospect to joint the EU is very
important for these countries.
This paper examines how Macedonia
has been tackling the above mentioned tasks, proceeding toward EU accession in
the context of the EU’s Stabilization and Association Process. In the
discussion Slovenia, which
consisted of the former Yugoslavia
and is now an EU member country, is utilized as a benchmark.
Study on Economic
Reconstruction,Regional Economic Cooperation and Stabilization in South Eastern
Europe
Study on Integration of
Economy of the Russian Far East into the Northeastern(Japan Sea
Rim) Economic Area
Interdisciplinary study on
Globalization and Regions
International Comparison of
Investment Climate: Central Eastern Europe vs. South
Eastern Europe and the Russian Far Eeat
Project Year: 2003 - 2006
A Study on European Union'
Stabilization and Association Process and Economic Development of the West
Balkans
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific
Research
Project Year: 2007 – 2008
KOYAMA Yoji
Last updated: 2009.
Affiliation Former Institution / Organization Niigata
University Faculty of
Economics Department of Economics, Daytime Course
Job title Professor
Degree Ph.D. in Economics, MSc in International Relations, BSc in
Liberal Arts
Research Keywords
Comparative Economic
System(2) , Transition to Market Economies in Russia
and Eastern Europe(1) , East European
Economy(1)
Research Areas
Economics / Economic
theory(1447) /
Economics / Economic
policy(2120) /
Career,
1973
-
1976
Assistant Professor,
Department of Economics, Faculty of Humanities
and Sciences, Kochi University
1976
-
1982
Associate Professor,
Department of Economics, Faculty of Humanities,
Kochi University
1982
-
1988
Associate Professor, Faculty
of General Education, Niigata
University
Academic Background
1973
The University of Tokyo Graduate
School, Division of
Sociology
The Construction of Socialism
in the USSR
during the First Five Year Plan(1928-1932)
Research Report of Kochi University 27 59-75
1979
Similarity between Yugoslav
Socialism and NEP(New Economic Policy) of the USSR in the 1920s
Research Report of Kochi University 28 1-5
1980
Marketing Strategies in the
Russian Market by Japanese Manufacturing Companies: The Case of Ricoh and Canon
in Russia
Join Authorship with Eiko Tomiyama and Tsuneo Nagayama
Entry and Marketing
Strategies into and from Central and Eastern Europe, ed. by Jorma Larimo,
University of Vaasa,
Finland 2002
Study on Economic
Reconstruction,Regional Economic Cooperation and Stabilization in South Eastern
Europe
Study on Integration of
Economy of the Russian Far East into the Northeastern(Japan Sea
Rim) Economic Area
Interdisciplinary study on
Globalization and Regions
International Comparison of
Investment Climate: Central Eastern Europe vs. South
Eastern Europe and the Russian Far Eeat
Project Year: 2003 - 2006
A Study on European Union'
Stabilization and Association Process and Economic Development of the West
Balkans
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific
Research
Project Year: 2007 – 2008