dc.contributor.author | DIMITROVA, Antoaneta | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-12-14T16:36:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2007-12-14T16:36:48Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1028-3625 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1814/7674 | |
dc.description.abstract | This paper sets out to explore the puzzle of possible institutionalization or reversal of rules ‘imported’
by new member states from Central and Eastern Europe during their preparation for accession to the
EU. It argues that the institutionalization of formal rules adopted as part of enlargement requirements
is not automatic post accession. New formal rules can be reversed, supported by secondary rules and
institutionalized or ignored and not implemented. The paper proposes a politics framework that
suggests that these different outcomes will be influenced by the environment of weak post communist
states and will depend on the area specific configuration of formal and informal veto players and on
the EU’s ability to impose sanctions. In the case of non acquis imported rules, reversal of formal rules
would be possible without sanctions whereas in the case of acquis rules, the likely outcomes are
institutionalization or ‘empty shells’. Another outcome, ‘capture’ of the new rules is likely in areas
with distributive impl | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | EUI RSCAS | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 2007/37 | en |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
dc.subject | Enlargement | en |
dc.subject | Central and Eastern Europe | en |
dc.subject | Acquis communautaire | en |
dc.subject | Institutionalisation | en |
dc.subject | Administrative adaptation | en |
dc.title | Institutionalization of Imported Rules in the European Union’s New Member States: Bringing Politics Back in the Research Agenda | en |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
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