Development Cooperation of the ‘New' EU Member States Beyond Europeanization

by Horký-Hluchán, Ondrej; Lightfoot, Simon

• ISBN13: 9781137505408
• ISBN10: 1137505400
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-08-04
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This edited collection provides a comprehensive analysis of the international development policies of the ten Central and Eastern European countries that joined the EU between 2004 and 2007. The contributors evaluate the decade undergone by the 'new' member states since the accession to the EU offering to readers a thorough overview of the 'new' EU member states' development cooperation programmes, placing them in a larger political and societal context. Utilizing the framework of Europeanization allows for a comparative approach that will help readers to understand the emergence and evolution of the EU-12 development cooperation through the lens of their similarities and differences. Finally, the book opens the door to critical approaches within development and European studies that question the very meaning of emulating aid policies of the EU-15 experienced donors as well as the relevance of the 'emerging' or 're-emerging' donors in the international development arena.

Author Biography

Ondrej Horký-Hluchán is Head of the Research Department at the Institute of International Relations in Prague, Czech Republic. His recent publications include the co-edited collection Development Policies of Central and Eastern European States: From Aid Recipients to Aid Donors (with S. Lightfoot, 2012).

Simon Lightfoot is Senior Lecturer in European Politics at the School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, UK. He is co-editor of Development Policies of Central and Eastern European States, author of From Aid Recipients to Aid Donors (2012) and co-author (with B. Szent-Iványi) of New Europe's New Development Aid (2015).

Table of Contents

Foreword: Lost In Transition?; Louk Box
Introduction: Diverging Theoretical Approaches To A Normative Research Field; Ondrej Horký-Hluchán
PART I: MEMBERS OF THE OECD DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE COMMITTEE
1. Czechia: The 'Foreign Development Cooperation' As A Policy Without Politics; Ondrej Horký-Hluchán
2. Poland: Attempts At Defining Aid By Solidarity, Democracy And Development; Ela Drazkiewicz-Grodzicka
3. Slovakia: A Donor Against Its Will?; Ondrej Gažovic And Tomáš Profant
4 . Slovenia: What Options For A Small Donor?; Urška Zrinski And Maja Bucar
PART II: NON-DAC MEMBER STATES OF THE OECD
5. Estonia: Coming Out Of The 'Messianic' Period; Vahur Made
6. Hungary: Understanding The Mentality Of A Premature Donor; Balázs Szent-Iványi
PART III: OTHER EU MEMBER STATES SINCE 2004
7. Latvia: Impact Of The European Union And The Financial Crisis; Peteris Timofejevs-Henriksson
8. Lithuania: A Hybrid Development Cooperation Policy; Laure Delcour
PART IV: EU MEMBER STATES SINCE 2007
9. Bulgaria: In Search Of A New Focus; Anelia Damianova
10. Romania: From Ambiguity To Outsourcing; Mirela Oprea
Box 1. The Transfer Of The Transition Experience: What Contribution To The EU Development Policy?; Milan Konrád
Box 2. The European Transition Compendium: Much Ado About Nothing?; Monika Hellmeyer
Conclusion: Reflections From The Outside; Simon Lightfoot