Romania and the European Union: From Marginalisation to Membership?

ISBN-13: 9780415663823 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 198 str.

Dimitris Papadimitriou;David Phinnemore

Opis

This is an overview of Romania's relationship with the EU, since the collapse of the Ceausescu regime in 1989, and of its efforts to gain EU membership. It also covers Romania's inclusion in the Phare programme, its official application for EU membership, and the conclusion of its Europe Agreement with the EU.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. From Isolation to Incomplete Rehabilitation: The Politics of Cautious Rapprochement, 1989-1997  2. 1997-2007 – From Rehabilitation to Accession: The Struggle for a Credible Candidacy  3. A Maturing Democracy? Romania’s Political System on the Road to EU Membership  4. Stop-Go Economic Transition: The Long Road to a Functioning Market Economy  5. Recasting the Romanian State: The Challenge of Good Governance  6. Plugging a Leaky Border: Complying with the Justice and Home Affairs Acquis and Preparing for Schengen.  Conclusion

O autorze

Dimitris Papadimitriou is Senior Lecturer in European Politics at The University of Manchester, and a visiting Fellow at the Hellenic Observatory at the LSE. In 2006-7, he was S. J. Seeger Visiting Research Fellow at Princeton University. He is the author of Negotiating the New Europe.

David Phinnemore is Senior Lecturer in European Integration, and Jean Monnet Chair in European Political Integration at Queen's University Belfast. He is editor of The EU and Romania, and co-author of Understanding the European Constitution (also published by Routledge).