1st Edition

The European Union's 2007 Enlargement

Edited By Cristina Chiva, David Phinnemore Copyright 2012
132 Pages
by Routledge

132 Pages
by Routledge

136 Pages
by Routledge

This book fills a significant gap in recent literature on European Union politics by examining the EU’s ‘other’ eastern enlargement, completed in 2007 with the accession of Bulgaria and Romania. It focuses on both the process and the effects of the 2007 enlargement within the wider context of the post-communist countries’ accession to the EU, and, more broadly, within the context of the... Read more

1. Preface: The European Union’s 2007 Enlargement  Cristina Chiva and David Phinnemore  2. Between Enlargement-Led Europeanisation and Balkan Exceptionalism: An Appraisal of Bulgaria’s and Romania’s Entry into the European Union  Dimitris Papadimitriou and Eli Gateva  3. The Impact of Enlargement on Institutional Integrity in Central and Eastern Europe  Kjell Engelbrekt  4. The Dynamics of Europeanisation and Regionalisation: Regional Reform in Romania  Ana Maria Dobre  5. The Limits of Europeanisation: EU Accession and Gender Equality in Bulgaria and Romania  Cristina Chiva  6. From Policy-Takers to Policy-Makers? Observations on Bulgarian and Romanian Foreign Policy Before and After EU Accession  Dimitar Bechev  7. Understanding Romania and Turkey’s Integration with the European Union: Conditionality, Security Considerations and Identity  Erhan Içener  8. From Negotiations to Accession: Lessons from the 2007 Enlargement  David Phinnemore  9. Strategic Action is Not Enough: A Bourdieuian Approach to EU Enlargement  Liliana Pop

Biography

Cristina Chiva is Lecturer in European Union Politics at the University of Salford, United Kingdom.

David Phinnemore is Senior Lecturer in European Integration at Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium.