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Neighbourhood Europeanization through ENP: the case of Ukraine
Europäisierung der Nachbarländer durch ENP: Fallstudie Ukraine
[working paper]
Abstract We contribute to the literature of European Studies by introducing the approach of Neighbourhood Europeanization. Based on insights from Membership and Enlargement Europeanization, we reveal important inconsistencies of Neighbourhood Europeanization through the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) as... view more
We contribute to the literature of European Studies by introducing the approach of Neighbourhood Europeanization. Based on insights from Membership and Enlargement Europeanization, we reveal important inconsistencies of Neighbourhood Europeanization through the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) as well as a lack of robust empirical support for its effectiveness. We also define core dimensions and determinants of Neighbourhood Europeanization and implement this analytical framework for the case of Ukraine. Our analysis clearly demonstrates substantial asymmetries in the ENP for Ukraine across three dimensions we chose – democracy promotion, economic cooperation, and Justice and Home Affairs, which clearly reflect the inconsistency of the ENP concept, that is top-down formulation of EU interests combined with weak conditionality. However, our analysis shows that despite Ukraine’s growing frustration because of the lack of a membership perspective, there is a lot of room for keeping up Ukraine’s motivation for Europeanization reforms. Especially, widening and strengthening the linkage-mechanisms would allow to overcome ENP inconsistency and to improve the effectiveness of Neighborhood Europeanization... view less
Keywords
EU; international relations; post-socialist country; judiciary; Europeanization; Ukraine; eastwards expansion; European integration; transformation; EU policy; democratization; neughborhood policy; economic policy; EU expansion; effectiveness; economic relations; domestic policy; legal policy; international politics; USSR successor state
Classification
European Politics
Method
applied research; empirical; quantitative empirical
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
Page/Pages
28 p.
Series
KFG Working Paper Series, 3
ISSN
1868-7601
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications