Date: 2015
Type: Book
Transnationalization and regulatory change in the EU's eastern neighbourhood : Ukraine between Brussels and Moscow
London : Routledge, 2015, Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
LANGBEIN, Julia, Transnationalization and regulatory change in the EU's eastern neighbourhood : Ukraine between Brussels and Moscow, London : Routledge, 2015, Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
- https://hdl.handle.net/1814/34226
Retrieved from Cadmus, EUI Research Repository
Regulatory reforms in the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood countries are not as sluggish as often perceived. Rule enforcement is happening despite the presence of domestic veto players who favour the status quo, the lack of EU membership perspective and the presence of Russia as an alternative governance provider. Using Ukraine as a primary case study, this bookexamines why convergence with transnational market rules varies across different policy sectors within the Eastern neighbourhood countries. It analyzes the drivers of regulatory change and explores the conditions under which post-Soviet economies integrate with international markets. In doing so, it argues that the impetus for regulatory change in the Eastern neighbourhood lies in specific strategies of domestic empowerment applied by external actors. Furthermore, through the study of the impact of Western and Russian transnational actors, the book concludes that Russia’s presence does not necessarily hinder the integration of the EU’s Eastern neighbours with international markets. Instead, Russia both weakens and strengthens domestic support for convergence with transnational market rules in the region.
Table of Contents:
-- List of tables
-- List of figures
-- Acknowledgements
-- List of abbreviations
-- Introduction
-- 1. Theorizing transnationalization and regulatory change in the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood
-- 2. Shareholder rights: Deep transnationalization of public and private actors
-- 3.Technical regulation: Deep transnationalization of public actors
-- 4. Telecommunications: Deep transnationalization of private actors
-- 5. Food Safety: Shallow transnationalization of public and private actors
-- Conclusion
-- Appendix: Interviews
-- References
-- Index
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/34226
ISBN: 9781138795112
Publisher: Routledge
Initial version: http://hdl.handle.net/1814/15419
Version: Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2010