LEADER 03773nam 22006612 450 001 9910459312703321 005 20160226093602.0 010 $a1-107-20290-6 010 $a1-282-53594-3 010 $a9786612535949 010 $a0-511-67685-9 010 $a0-511-68134-8 010 $a0-511-68332-4 010 $a0-511-67608-5 010 $a0-511-67936-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000014314 035 $a(EBL)502531 035 $a(OCoLC)609860935 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000359624 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11233920 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000359624 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10307629 035 $a(PQKB)10597567 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511676086 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC502531 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL502531 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10382891 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL253594 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000014314 100 $a20100212d2010|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe European Union's fight against corruption $ethe evolving policy towards Member States and candidate countries /$fPatrycja Szarek-Mason$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 305 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge studies in European law and policy 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-511-67811-8 311 $a0-521-11357-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Corruption : concept, importance and international response -- The scope of EU legal powers and development of the policy in the area of anti-corruption -- The EU strategy against corruption within the Member States -- Conditionality in the EU accession process -- The EU's evaluation of corruption in the Central and Eastern European candidate countries -- The EU anti-corruption strategy towards the Central and Eastern European candidate countries : achievement or missed opportunity? -- The impact of 2004 enlargement on the EU anti-corruption policy -- Conclusion. 330 $aThe fight against corruption emerged as one of the most significant issues during the 2004 enlargement of the EU and gained even more importance with the accession of Romania and Bulgaria in 2007. In order to prepare candidate countries for membership, the EU found it necessary to create new institutions and mechanisms to address corruption. Patrycja Szarek-Mason traces the development of the EU anti-corruption framework, showing how recent enlargements transformed EU policy and highlighting inequities between the treatment of candidate countries and existing Member States. The experience gained during the 2004 enlargement led to a more robust anti-corruption stance during the accession of Bulgaria and Romania and will have implications for future enlargements of the EU. However, the framework can still be strengthened to address corruption adequately and promote higher standards among Member States, especially through greater use of 'soft law' in the form of mutually agreed, non-legally binding policy recommendations. 410 0$aCambridge studies in European law and policy. 606 $aPolitical corruption$zEuropean Union countries 606 $aFraud$zEuropean Union countries 615 0$aPolitical corruption 615 0$aFraud 676 $a345.24/02323 700 $aMason$b Patrycja Szarek$0849475 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459312703321 996 $aThe European Union's fight against corruption$91896993 997 $aUNINA