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Development Cooperation of the ‘New’ EU Member States

Beyond Europeanization

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: EADI Global Development Series (EADI)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
  2. Introduction: Diverging Theoretical Approaches to a Normative Research Field

  3. Members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
    2. Slovakia: A Donor Against Its Will?

      • Ondrej Gažovič, Tomáš Profant
      Pages 64-81
    3. Slovenia: What Options for a Small Donor?

      • Urška Zrinski, Maja Bučar
      Pages 82-106
  4. Non-DAC Member States of the OECD

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 107-107
    2. Hungary: Understanding the Mentality of a Premature Donor

      • Balázs Szent-Iványi
      Pages 130-147
  5. Other EU Member States since 2004

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
    2. Latvia: Impact of the European Union and the Financial Crisis

      • Pēteris Timofejevs Henriksson
      Pages 151-169
  6. EU Member States since 2007

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191
    2. Bulgaria: In Search of a New Focus

      • Anelia Damianova
      Pages 193-217
    3. Romania: From Ambiguity to Outsourcing

      • Mirela Oprea
      Pages 218-233
  7. Case Study 1: The Transfer of the Transition Experience: What Contribution to the EU Development Policy?

  8. Case Study 2: The European Transition Compendium: Much Ado about Nothing?

  9. Conclusion: Re ections from the Outside

    1. Conclusion: Re ections from the Outside

      • Simon Lightfoot
      Pages 242-251
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 252-287

About this book

The book provides a comprehensive analysis of the international development policies of ten Central and Eastern European countries that joined the EU between 2004 and 2007. The contributors offer the first thorough overview of the 'new' EU member states' development cooperation programmes, placing them in a larger political and societal context.

Reviews

“It aims to fill a gap in the EU development policy literature by investigating the transformation and evolution of the development cooperation policies of CEE donors on the basis of both European and domestic dynamics. ... offers a comprehensive assessment of the development policies of new EU member states and is a valuable addition to existing knowledge about EU development policy. ... very useful for students and researchers who have a specific interest in EU development policy and CEE countries.” (Asligul Sarikamis Kaya, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 69 (10), December, 2017)

'The authors make a clear case for the limited effects of the imposed development policy-standards leading to a 'shallow Europeanization' This study forms a unique contribution to the field of European development cooperation studies.'

- Louk Box, Honorary Professor of International Cooperation at Maastricht University, The Netherlands

'This is a timely and important contribution to the field of Development and EU studies. With the EU development assistance in flux, and the mounting criticism of the EU's 'missing the point' when it comes to dealing with the complexity and multifariousness of post-communist transitions often simplistically and inadequately bundled in the 'New Europe' entity this collective volume offers a hitherto absent perspective and a critical insight in the emergence of Central European States as independent and influential actors. With its detailed country-specific accounts masterfully drawn together to open the floor to the alternative normative theories,this book effectively questions the fundamentals of the EU Self and its relational power over its composites.'

- Elena A. Korosteleva, Professor of International Politics, University of Kent, UK

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of International Relations, Prague, Czech Republic

    Ondrej Horký-Hluch n

  • University of Leeds, UK

    Simon Lightfoot

About the editors

Louk de la Rive Box, Maastricht University, The Netherlands Maja Bu?ar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Anelia Damianova, Centre for Economic Development, Bulgaria Laure Delcour, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme and IRIS, France Ela Dr??kiewicz-Grodzicka, Maynooth University, Ireland Monika Hellmeyer, London School of Economics, UK Ondrej Ga ovi?, Comenius University, Slovakia Milan Konrád, University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic Vahur Made, Estonian School of Diplomacy, Estonia Mirela Oprea, University of Bologna, Italy Tomá Profant, Institute of International Relations, Czech Republic Balázs Szent-Iványi, Aston University, UK P?teris Timofejevs Henriksson, Södertörn University, Sweden Ur ka Zrinski, Center of Excellence in Finance, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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