LEADER 03312nam 22006853 450 001 9910595036503321 005 20231110213136.0 010 $a3-031-11081-1 035 $a(CKB)5840000000091662 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7101854 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7101854 035 $a(OCoLC)1346417424 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/92777 035 $a(EXLCZ)995840000000091662 100 $a20221219d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDeforming the Reform $eThe Impact of Elites on Romania's Post-Accession Europeanization 210 $aCham$cSpringer Nature$d2022 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing AG,$d2022. 210 4$dİ2022. 215 $a1 online resource (224 pages) 225 1 $aContributions to Political Science 311 $a3-031-11080-3 330 $aThis open access book presents an actor-centered study on Europeanization, based on the assumption that EU-driven reforms are highly dependent on the behavior and interests of the key domestic actors. Whether or not a state pursues a European and democratic agenda depends on domestic lawmakers. Further, political elites are pre-eminent in deciding on the nature, form and content of any law, and on the extent to which the rule of law is actually enforced. Elites can overcome structural or institutional barriers that stand in the way of achieving their goals. The empirical study on Romania presented here lends this observation a more profound meaning: it shows how, in contexts where high level corruption is the norm rather than the exception, self-serving political elites cannot be expected to genuinely commit to adopting sound anti-corruption reform. The book is an inquiry into the motivations that drive legislators to make particular decisions, but also into the structural characteristics and dynamics of the elite that invite a selfish rather than responsible and responsive behaviour. This publication was supported by funds from the Publication Fund for Open Access Monographs of the Federal State of Brandenburg, Germany. 410 0$aContributions to Political Science 517 $aDeforming the Reform 606 $aPolitics & government$2bicssc 606 $aComparative politics$2bicssc 606 $aSociology$2bicssc 606 $aPublic administration$2bicssc 606 $aEconomics$2bicssc 610 $aEuropeanization 610 $aRomania 610 $aEuropean Union 610 $aEU 610 $apost-accession conditionality 610 $aCentral and Eastern Europe 610 $apolitical elite 610 $acorruption 610 $ajustice reform 610 $acivil society empowerment 610 $aEuropean Union Politics 610 $aRussian and Post-Soviet Politics 615 7$aPolitics & government 615 7$aComparative politics 615 7$aSociology 615 7$aPublic administration 615 7$aEconomics 700 $aMartin-Russu$b Luana$01268537 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910595036503321 996 $aDeforming the Reform$92984001 997 $aUNINA