Although considerable research is being carried out on the phenomenon of immigration to
Greece, there is a notable lack of scientific attention on the recent resurgence of emigration …

By 2007, Romania and Bulgaria registered the slowest progress in terms of transparency,
accountability and rule enforcement among Central and Eastern European candidate …

This paper takes stock of academic literature and official sources on post-accession
compliance in Bulgaria and Romania, the only new member states where the Commission …

The establishment of a Cooperation and Verification Mechanism for monitoring Bulgaria's
and Romania's progress in judicial reform and the fight against corruption not only confirms …

This article is about the main framework and the rationale of the special issue, which deals
with Turkey's increasing ethno-religious, pragmatic and complicated involvement and …

A paradigmatic change is urgently needed in European Union's approach towards post-
accession conditionality, as demonstrated by the apparent failure of the 'Cooperation and …

The 'failing forward'synthesis of liberal intergovernmentalism and neofunctionalism puts
European member states governments in charge of the process of integration (Jones et …

… All good governance programs should be designed to promote this political approach:
audits, controls and reviews should be entrusted to 'losers' and draw on natural competition …

Romania and Bulgaria's inability to fully meet membership criteria has questioned the
European Union's ability to influence domestic reform post-accession. This article …

The absence of leverage mechanisms (conditionality and membership) raised doubts over
the EU's ability to influence domestic change in new member states post-accession. This …