International institutions are a ubiquitous feature of daily life in many world regions, and
nowhere more so than contemporary Europe. While virtually all would agree that such …

International relations scholars increasingly debate when and how international institutions
influence domestic policy. This examination of ethnic politics in four Baltic and East …

The collapse of communism and the process of state building that ensued in the 1990s have
highlighted the existence of significant minorities in many European states, particularly in …

This book analyses the bilateral and multilateral processes by which the countries of Central
and Eastern Europe are graduн ally being incorporated into EU asylum and immigration …

In the wake of the EU's biggest enlargement, this book explores the adaptation of the
constitutions of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) for membership in the European Union …

This paper asks how political conditionality needs to be conceptualized and researched to
reflect global changes. It argues that a diversification of political conditionality “beyond aid” …

This book examines the two main dimensions of the European Union's enlargement to eight
central and eastern European countries (CEECs) in 2004. Why did the EU agree to …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 International Political Economy Series General Editor: Timothy M. Shaw,
Professor of Commonwealth Governance and Development, and Director of the Institute of …

The democratization and marketization of East European states following the collapse of
communism was launched in 1989 on the borders of the world's most highly institutionalized …

Joining a society of some kind requires the fulfillment of certain standards. In international
society, states acknowledge the need for certain collective standards of international …