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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461806403321

Autore

Noutcheva Gergana

Titolo

European foreign policy and the challenges of Balkan accession : conditionality, legitimacy and compliance / / Gergana Noutcheva

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

978-0-203-13069-9

9780203130699

1-283-52103-2

9786613833488

0-203-11785-9

1-136-30620-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Routledge innovations in political theory

Routledge/UACES contemporary European studies ; ; 20

Disciplina

341.242/2309497

Soggetti

International relations

Electronic books.

Balkan Peninsula Foreign relations European Union countries

European Union countries Foreign relations Balkan Peninsula

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Part I: Theories and concepts; 2 Europeanizaton and the compliance patterns of Balkan States; 3 Legitimization and European foreign policy; Part II: The dynamics of EU conditionality; 4 The policy of EU conditionality in the Balkans; 5 The politics of EU conditionality; Part III: The dynamics of compliance in the Balkans; 6 The record of Balkan compliance with EU conditionality; 7 The politics of compliance in the Balkans; 8 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Balkan countries have responded differently to the EU's conditional offer of membership. This book examines the diverging compliance patterns of the Balkan accession states and asks why some of them have complied substantially, some only partially and others have defied



the EU.The book examines the compliance of the Balkan states with the EU accession conditionality, arguing that the variation in the compliance behavior of Balkan governments hinges on three main factors - the legitimacy of the EU conditions as seen domestically in the accession states, the costs of compliance and