The Palgrave Handbook of European Union Enlargement and Pre-Accession Assistance
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Within enlargement policy, a distinctive feature is pre-accession assistance funding. Although European funds originated at the very beginning of the European integration process, each enlargement round has prompted adaptations in European Union (EU) funding, whose history is closely intertwined with enlargement policy and new EU memberships.
The Palgrave Handbook of European Union Enlargement and Pre-Accession Assistance explores the design, evolution, implementation, and outcomes of pre-accession assistance across multiple enlargement rounds and candidate countries, and offers a unique thematic focus on how pre-accession assistance functioned across time, countries, and political settings.
This pioneering handbook is the first publication to compare past and present recipients of pre-accession assistance, highlighting both similarities and differences in each case study and enabling cross-country comparisons. It critically analyzes how pre-accession assistance instruments both reflected and shaped the broader EU policy architecture and influenced candidate countries’ political and developmental trajectories on their path to EU membership.
Alice Cunha is Assistant Professor with Habilitation in International Relations at the NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal – School of Social Sciences and Humanities (NOVA FCSH), and Researcher at the Portuguese Institute of International Relations (IPRI NOVA), where she has worked on European Union Studies, an area in which she has published extensively. Her main research interests are related to enlargement studies, European funds, and Portuguese foreign policy. She is a member of the European Union Liaison Committee of Historians.
Within enlargement policy, a distinctive feature is pre-accession assistance funding. Although European funds originated at the very beginning of the European integration process, each enlargement round has prompted adaptations in European Union (EU) funding, whose history is closely intertwined with enlargement policy and new EU memberships.
The Palgrave Handbook of European Union Enlargement and Pre-Accession Assistance explores the design, evolution, implementation, and outcomes of pre-accession assistance across multiple enlargement rounds and candidate countries, and offers a unique thematic focus on how pre-accession assistance functioned across time, countries, and political settings.
This pioneering handbook is the first publication to compare past and present recipients of pre-accession assistance, highlighting both similarities and differences in each case study and enabling cross-country comparisons. It critically analyzes how pre-accession assistance instruments both reflected and shaped the broader EU policy architecture and influenced candidate countries’ political and developmental trajectories on their path to EU membership.
Demonstrates the overall close connection between EU enlargement and funding throughout the history of the EU Promotes wider knowledge of EU funding mechanisms Aims to support the development of a subfield of research within European Studies: the history of EU funding
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“This timely volume arrives just as EU enlargement returns to the forefront of the European Union’s agenda. At a moment when the EU faces the challenge of delivering effective pre-accession assistance to candidates confronting difficult economic, political, and security conditions, this book offers a comprehensive, country-by-country comparative analysis of both past and current accession experiences. It fills a gap in the literature and provides a valuable resource for understanding how enlargement works in practice – and how it might be improved.” (Frank Schimmelfennig, ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
“This first comprehensive overview shows how EU aid influenced 20 countries as both a technocratic and a deeply political tool. The country studies track the effects of technical and financial assistance in future EU members, from their economic development to their governance. It provides a valuable guide to a little studied aspect of EU enlargement and international conditionality.” (Dr. Heather Grabbe, Senior Fellow, Bruegel and Visiting Professor, University College London, UK)
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