This article argues that current widespread characterisations of EU governance as multi‐
level and networked overlook the emergent architecture of the EU's public rule making. In …

This book advances a novel interpretation of EU governance. Its central claim is that the
EU's regulatory successes within-and increasingly beyond-its borders rest on the …

EU Cohesion policy accounts for a major share of the EU budget and is central to economic
and social development in many European countries. This book provides a comprehensive …

Explaining outcomes of decision-making at the European level has occupied scholars since
the late 1950s, yet analysts continue to disagree on the most important factors in the …

In 2004 the European Union witnessed the most extensive enlargement ever undertaken.
With the increase in the number of member states from the previous fifteen to the current …

This article evaluates the determinants of the absorption performance of European Union
Member States with regard to the European Regional Development Fund's (ERDF) 2000–06 …

This article examines the EU's role in the emergence of international development policy in
the 10 member states from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Development policy provides …

Since the end of the Cold War, international organizations (IOs) have engaged in
unprecedented levels of democracy promotion, and research overwhelmingly links them to …

With the end of the Cold War, democracy promotion has been mainstreamed into the
development strategies of international organizations such as the UN or the World Bank, but …

In May 2004, eight former communist states in Central and Eastern Europe acceded to the
European Union. This new book examines the Eastern expansion of the EU through a …