LEADER 03105nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910465615803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-78170-226-8 010 $a1-84779-297-9 035 $a(CKB)2560000000085822 035 $a(EBL)1069615 035 $a(OCoLC)818847362 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000712842 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12249046 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000712842 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10649756 035 $a(PQKB)11551312 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000086951 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1069615 035 $a(OCoLC)1132670183 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse78034 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1069615 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10623374 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL843478 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000085822 100 $a20100421d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRomania and the European Union$b[electronic resource] $ehow the weak vanquished the strong /$fTom Gallagher 210 $aManchester, U.K. ;$aNew York $cManchester University Press $cDistributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-7190-8745-7 311 $a0-7190-7743-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe EU discovers Romania -- Crafty natives lead the Eurocrats astray -- The futility of EU funding -- Labour of Sisyphus: administrative reform in Romania -- Justice clings to its chains: 1989-2004 -- NATO, the EU and Romania's strategy of duplicity -- The EU at its most incoherent: April-December 2004 -- The EU regains and loses the initiative: 2005-07 -- Corruption and anti-corruption -- The expiry of reform after 2007. 330 $aAccording to Tom Gallagher, Romania's predatory rulers, the heirs of the sinister communist dictator Ceausescu, have inflicted a humiliating defeat on the European Union. He argues convincingly that Brussels was tricked into offering full membership to this Balkan country in return for substantial reforms which its rulers now refuse to carry out. This book unmasks the failure of the EU to match its visionary promises of transforming Romania with the shabby reality. Benefiting from access to internal reports and leading figures involved in a decade of negotiations, it shows how Eurocrats were o 606 $aPolitical corruption$zRomania 607 $aRomania$xForeign relations$y1989- 607 $aRomania$xForeign relations$zEuropean Union countries 607 $aEuropean Union countries$xForeign relations$zRomania 607 $aRomania$xPolitics and government$y1989- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPolitical corruption 676 $a327.498009/05 700 $aGallagher$b Tom$f1954-$0503729 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465615803321 996 $aRomania and the European Union$92460898 997 $aUNINA 999 $p$68.75$u12/08/2017$5Hist