The Eu’s Transformative Power: Europeanization Through Conditionality In Central And Eastern Europe (palgrave Studies In European Union Politics)

In 2004, the European Union undertook an unprecedented addition of ten new countries. This will fundamentally change the EU, and the Union has already had a dramatic impact on the development of the new member states. __The EU's Transformative Power__ presents a detailed analysis of how the EU has shaped countries of Central and Eastern Europe since the fall of communism. Between 1989 And 2004, The Eu's Conditionality For Membership Transformed Central And East Europe. The Eu Had Enormous Potential Power Over The Whole Range Of Domestic Politics In The Candidate Countries. However, The Eu Was Able To Use That Power At A Few Key Points In The Process Leading To Their Accession. The Eu's Long-term Influence Worked Primarily Through Soft Power And Through Voluntary Rather Than Coercive Means. During The Membership Preparations, The Eu Built Many Different Routes Of Influence Into The Candidate Countries' Domestic Policy-making Through 'europeanization'. The Central And East Europeans Voluntarily Took On The Union's Norms And Methods, Guided By The European Commission, In A Massive Transfer Of Policies And Institutions. However, The Eu Missed Important Opportunities To Effect Change As Well. The Eu's Transformative Power Explores In Detail How The Eu Used Its Influence To Control The Movement Of People Across Europe, Through Both Coercive Use Of Conditionality And Voluntary Methods Of Europeanization. Abstract -- About The Author -- List Of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Acknowldgements -- Introduction -- Accession Conditionality And Its Implications -- Europeanization, Negotiations And Influence -- Routes Of Europeanization And Constraints On Eu Influence -- The Receiving End: Politics In The Candidate Countries -- Free Movement Of Persons In The Single Market -- Movement Of Persons Under Schengen -- Explaining How Eu Influence Worked -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. Heather Grabbe. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 213-226) And Index. Zbrani prispevki ponujajo bralcu analize primerov evropske zunanje politike na raznih, pogosto tudi zapostavljenih področjih in regijah v svetu. Poskušajo oceniti moč in vpliv Evropske unije v tujini v zadnjih letih, obenem pa analizirati dva v procesu evropske politične integracije jasno opredeljiva nasprotna trenda: politično zbliževanje držav članic in stalnost globokih razlik med nacionalnimi interesi. Pojavnost Evropske unije v svetovnem merilu in značilnosti ter omejitve evropske mednarodne vloge so prikazane v luči mednarodnega sistema, političnih velesil, reševanja političnih sporov in regionalnih politik EU Between 1989 and 2004, the EU's conditionality for membership had major transformative effects in Central and East Europe. The author analyses how that transformation worked in practice. She explores how the EU used its bargaining power coercively at certain key points in the membership preparations, but concludes that its primary method was soft power, through 'Europeanizing' the candidates into its norms and methods. This book explores in detail how the EU used its influence to control the movement of people, through both conditionality and Europeanization "The EU had enormous leverage to transform Central and Eastern Europe between the collapse of communism and the Union's first eastward enlargement. This book provides the first detailed analysis of how that influence worked. Heather Grabbe explores how the EU used its conditionality for membership to transfer its policies and institutional designs, focusing on measures to control the movement of people from East to West. She analyses how the Europeanization process interacted with post-communist politics, and with other external pressures."--Jacket. Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Introduction....Pages 1-6 Accession Conditionality and its Implications....Pages 7-38 Europeanisation, Negotiations and Influence....Pages 39-74 Routes of Europeanisation and Constraints on EU Influence....Pages 75-96 The Receiving End: Politics in the Candidate Countries....Pages 97-115 Free Movement of Persons in the Single Market....Pages 116-149 Movement of Persons under Schengen....Pages 150-185 Explaining how EU Influence Worked....Pages 186-199 Conclusion....Pages 200-208 Back Matter....Pages 209-231 Between 1989 and 2004, the EU's conditionality for membership transformed Central and East Europe. This book demonstrates how that transformation worked in practice. The EU was able to use its massive bargaining power coercively at certain key points in the membership preparations. However, its primary method was soft power, through 'Europeanizing' the candidates into its norms and methods. 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