The Boundaries of EU Enlargement Finding a Place for Neighbours

by DeBardeleben, Joan

• ISBN13: 9780230521247
• ISBN10: 023052124X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-01-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The 2004 and 2007 enlargements pushed the EU's external border further east as well as closer to unstable areas in the western Balkans. With future enlargements unlikely in the short-term, the EU faces new challenges in securing stable relationships with these neighbouring countries, while not fostering false hopes of early accession. This book explores the challenges facing the EU in developing its relations with neighboring countries in Eastern and South-Eastern Europe following the enlargements of 2004 and 2007.

Author Biography

JOAN DEBARDELEBEN is Director of the Centre for European Studies and a Professor in the Institute of Russian, European, and Eurasian Studies at Carleton University, Canada. Recent publications include Soft or Hard Borders: Managing the Divide in an Enlarged Europe, editor (2005); and The Democratic Dilemmas of Multilevel Governance; Legitimacy Representation and Accountability in the European Union, co-editor with Achim Hurrelmann (2007).

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	p. vii
List of Abbreviations	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. x
Preface	p. xi
Notes on the Contributors	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
EU Enlargement and the New Neighbours
The New Neighbours of the European Union: The Compelling Logic of Enlargement?	p. 19
The European Neighbourhood Policy and Why the Northern Dimension Matters	p. 33
The EU and Russia
The EU's Policy toward Russia: Extending Governance Beyond Borders?	p. 53
Public Attitudes toward EU-Russian Relations: Knowledge, Values, and Interests	p. 70
Regulatory Convergence and Global Partnership: Another Phase in EU-Russian Relations	p. 92
Russia and the New Europe: Strategies for an Evolving Relationship	p. 111
The EU, Ukraine and Moldova
Ukraine and the European Neighbourhood Policy	p. 129
Security Concerns in the EU Neighbourhood: The Effects of EU Immigration and Asylum Policy for Ukraine	p. 147
The Bologna Process: Exploring Mechanisms of European Enlargement in Ukraine	p. 165
Whither Moldova: East or West?	p. 182
The EU and South East Europe
The Europeanization of 'Defective Democracies' in the Western Balkans: Pre-accession Challenges to Democratic Consolidation	p. 205
The EU in South East Europe: Peace Consolidation and Differentiation	p. 222
From Petersberg to Pristina: ESDP Operations in South East Europe	p. 238
Conclusion	p. 256
Bibliography	p. 263
Index	p. 273
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