From Europeanization to Diffusion
This book provides a comprehensive account of the extent to which policies and
institutions of the European Union (EU) spread across different contexts. Are the EU's
attempts to transfer its policies and institutions to accession and neighbourhood
countries sustainable and effective? To what degree do other regions of the world emulate
the EU's institutional features, what are the mechanisms of, and conditions for, their
diffusion? Chapters deal with Europeanization in the new EU member states, particularly in
Romania and Bulgaria, in current accession candidates, i.e. the Western Balkans and
Turkey, as well the Eastern (Southern Caucasus) and Southern Neighbourhood (Israel and the
Maghreb).
In addition, authors investigate the diffusion of EU policies and institutions in
Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The authors place Europeanization studies in
the wider context of research on transnational diffusion, and examine the relevant
mechanisms and processes, including incentives and capacity-building, socialization and
learning as well as functional and normative emulation. Finally, the book discusses what
conditions lead to the successful diffusion of European institutions and policies, such as
domestic incentives, degrees of (limited) statehood, regime type, and power (a)symmetries.
This book was originally published as a special issue of West European Politics.
1. From Europeanisation to Diffusion: Introduction Tanja A. Borzel and Thomas Risse
2. Is Europeanisation through Conditionality Sustainable? Lock in of Institutional
Change after EU Accession Ulrich Sedelmeier
3. Catching Up? Consolidating Liberal Democracy in Bulgaria and Romania after EU
Accession Aneta B. Spenzharova and Milada Anna Vachudova
4. Lost in Europeanisation: The Western Balkans and Turkey Gergana Noutcheva and Senem
Aydin-Duzgit
5. Pathologies of Europeanisation: Fighting Corruption in the Southern Caucasus Tanja
A. Borzel and Yasemin Pamuk
6. Israel and the Many Pathways of Diffusion Amichai Magen
7. Europeanisation through Cooperation? EU Democracy Promotion in Morocco and Tunisia
Vera van Hullen
8. The Global Spread of European Style International Courts Karen J. Alter
9. Spurred Emulation: The EU and Regional Integration in Mercosur and SADC Tobias Lenz
10. Diffusing Regional Integration: The EU and Southeast Asia Anja Jetschke and
Philomena Murray
11. When Europeanisation Meets Diffusion: Exploring New Territory Tanja A. Borzel and
Thomas Risse
232 pages, Hardcover