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1 online resource (352 pages)
ISBN:
9780191529061
Inhalt:
Europe Undivided explores how the leverage of an enlarging EU has facilitated a convergence toward liberal democracy among credible future members of the EU in Central and Eastern Europe. It reveals how variations in domestic competition put democratizing states on different political trajectories after 1989, and illuminates the changing dynamics of the relationship between the EU and candidate states from 1989 to accession, and beyond. Albeit not by design,the most powerful and successful tool of EU foreign policy has turned out to be EU enlargement - and this book helps us to understand why, and how, it works.
Inhalt:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Political Competition and the Reform Trajectories of Post-Communist States -- 1.1. Rent Seeking and Reform -- 1.2. Modeling a Competitive and a Noncompetitive Political System -- 1.3. Explaining Variation in the Political Trajectories of East European States -- 2. Liberal and Illiberal Democracy After Communism -- 2.1. After Opposition: Liberal Pattern of Political Change -- 2.2. No Opposition: Illiberal Pattern of Political Change -- 2.3. Conclusion -- 3. The Passive Leverage of the European Union -- 3.1. Theorizing Passive Leverage -- 3.2. Explaining Variation in the Response to EU Membership Incentives: The Domestic Costs of Compliance with EU Requirements -- 3.3. Conclusion -- 4. The Impact of Passive Leverage: The EU and Eastern Europe, 1989-94 -- 4.1. The EU and the Liberal States -- 4.2. The EU and the Illiberal States -- 4.3. Conclusion -- 5. The Active Leverage of the European Union -- 5.1. Active Leverage and the Characteristics of the Pre-Accession Process -- 5.2. The Requirements: The Copenhagen Criteria and the Acquis -- 5.3. The Toolbox of the Pre-Accession Process -- 5.4. Joining the Council of Europe and the Atlantic Alliance: A Comparison -- 5.5. Conclusion -- 6. The Impact of Active Leverage I: Making Political Systems More Competitive, 1994-8 -- 6.1. Model -- 6.2. Influencing Governments Directly -- 6.3. Making Political Systems More Competitive -- 6.4. Conclusion -- 7. The Impact of Active Leverage II: Reforming the State and the Economy, 1997-2004 -- 7.1. Model -- 7.2. Reform of the State and the Economy -- 7.3. Convergence in Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Romania -- 7.4. Alternative Explanations -- 7.5. Conclusion -- 8. The Endgame of the Negotiations and the Future of an Enlarged European Union -- 8.1. Debating the Impact of EU Leverage on Domestic Politics -- 8.2. New Members Inside the EU.
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ISBN 9780199241187
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780199241187
Sprache:
Englisch
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