Constructing the Path to Eastern Enlargement: The Uneven Policy Impact of Eu Identity (Europe in Change) - Hardcover

Sedelmeier, Ulrich

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719070082 ISBN 13: 9780719070082

Verlag: MANCHESTER UNIV PR, 2006

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This book focuses on explaining why the EU agreed to eastern enlargement and the (uneven) pattern of accommodation of the applicants' preferences in substantive policies.

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Ulrich Sedelmeier is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science


Ulrich Sedelmeier is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science

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This book examines the two main dimensions of the European Union's enlargement to eight central and eastern European countries (CEECs) in 2004. Why did the EU agree to enlargement, despite the costs for some incumbents who have veto-power? How can we explain the (uneven) pattern of accommodation of the CEECs' preferences in concrete policies?

Combining in-depth empirical analysis with an original theoretical framework, which draws on insights from constructivism and historical institutionalism, this book focuses on the EU's discursively constructed role-identity vis-à-vis the CEECs. This role-identity forged a group of policy advocates inside the European Commission, who promoted the CEECs' preferences inside the EU, and induced a path-dependence into the enlargement process.

The impact of EU identity on concrete policies was less direct. Case studies on trade liberalisation, regulatory alignment, and foreign policy consultations demonstrate that sectoral policy paradigms are a key factor that mediates the influence of the policy advocates on specific policy areas.

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This book examines the two main dimensions of the European Union s enlargement to eight central and eastern European countries (CEECs) in 2004. Why did the EU agree to enlargement, despite the costs for some incumbents who have veto-power? How can we explain the (uneven) pattern of accommodation of the CEECs preferences in concrete policies? Combining in-depth empirical analysis with an original theoretical framework, which draws on insights from constructivism and historical institutionalism, this book focuses on the EU's discursively constructed role-identity vis-à-vis the CEECs. This role-identity forged a group of policy advocates inside the European Commission, who promoted the CEECs' preferences inside the EU, and induced a path-dependence into the enlargement process. The impact of EU identity on concrete policies was less direct. Case studies on trade liberalisation, regulatory alignment, and foreign policy consultations demonstrate that sectoral policy paradigms are a key factor that mediates the influence of the policy advocates on specific policy areas.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: MANCHESTER UNIV PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0719070082
• ISBN 13: 9780719070082
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 220
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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