Development Cooperation of the ‘New’ EU Member States Beyond Europeanization

'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

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