Conclusions: The Impact of the EU on the Accession Countries

摘要: In May 2004, eight former Eastern Bloc countries joined the European Union: three Baltic republics, Poland, Hungary, Czech and Slovak Slovenia. What is involved in "accession"? How have accession dynamics affected been by domestic politics of candidate their adoption EU rules? this carefully designed volume original essays, editors brought together a group scholars with firsthand research experience new member-states Central Europe. Framed opening concluding chapters Frank Schimmelfennig Ulrich Sedelmeier that outline several aspects preparation for accession, empirical case studies discuss variety topics, including democracy human rights, reform state administrations economic, social, environmental policies. This book demonstrates importance credibility costs conditionality rules