Reluctant Donors? The Europeanization of International Development Policies in the New Members


Autoria(s): Szent-Iványi, Balázs; Lightfoot, Simon
Data(s)

27/02/2014

Resumo

The EU played an instrumental role re-starting the international development policies in Central and Eastern European member states, but questions remain about how far this policy area has been Europeanized since accession. Focusing on the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, the paper investigates why the new donors have been reluctant to adopt the EU’s development acquis more fully. The paper traces the process of the EU’s development policy rulemaking and subsequent national rule implementation to understand the socialization opportunities these processes offer. The conclusions reveal thrre reasons why socialization has been weak: (1) perceptions among the new member states on the development acquis’ procedural legitimacy; (2) low domestic resonance with the development acquis; and (3) inconsistencies in the activities of norm entrepreneurs. The paper contributes to our understanding of development policy in the EU, in particular how decision making takes place within the Council and its Working Groups post enlargement.

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application/pdf

Identificador

http://unipub.lib.uni-corvinus.hu/1477/1/JCMS_accepted.pdf

Szent-Iványi, Balázs and Lightfoot, Simon (2014) Reluctant Donors? The Europeanization of International Development Policies in the New Members. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies . ISSN 1468-5965

Publicador

John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Relação

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcms.12141/abstract

http://unipub.lib.uni-corvinus.hu/1477/

Palavras-Chave #Economic development #International relations
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Article

PeerReviewed