Book Review: The European Union and Developing Countries, edited by Yves Bourdot, Joakim Gullstrand and Karin Olofsdotter. (Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2007)
In: European foreign affairs review, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 157-158
ISSN: 1875-8223
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In: European foreign affairs review, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 157-158
ISSN: 1875-8223
In: European foreign affairs review, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 157
ISSN: 1384-6299
In: European foreign affairs review, Band 11, Heft 1, S. 132-133
ISSN: 1875-8223
In: Political studies, Band 50, Heft 2, S. 407-408
ISSN: 0032-3217
In: International affairs, Band 78, Heft 4, S. 921
ISSN: 0020-5850
In: International affairs, Band 78, Heft 4, S. 919-920
ISSN: 0020-5850
In: Journal of common market studies: JCMS, Band 40, Heft 2, S. 359
ISSN: 0021-9886
In: Revue d'études comparatives est-ouest: RECEO, Band 34, Heft 3, S. 37-63
ISSN: 2259-6100
The EU's fifth enlargement to include Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) has led to new policy instruments, which will become a common feature in future enlargement rounds. Drawing on policy transfers literature, new forms of governance and sociology of organizations, the EU's role and its administrative conditionality are closely examined through civil service reforms in Central and Eastern Europe. The introduction of the Twinning exercise as part of a 1997 reform package is analyzed, as well as the procedural changes necessary for facilitating the temporary assignment of member states' civil servants in Eastern and Central European administrations. Using semi- voluntary forms of coordination among member and applicant states is a new trend in decision-making at the EU level. Nonetheless, enlargement policies do not allow for the full transfer of member states' institutional models or structures toward candidate countries. The EU's conditionality on administrative capacity at the sectoral level has gained momentum since civil servants from member states have been associated with the accession process.