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The European Union and the Fight Against Corruption in Its Near Abroad: Can it Make a Difference?

Cover: Global Crime

Cover: Global Crime

Tanja A. Börzel, Yasemin Pamuk, Andreas Stahn – 2010

This article sheds light on the European Union’s (EU) efforts to facilitate the fight against corruption and promote good governance through the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). Our analysis shows that the level of corruption in the Eastern Neighbourhood is strongly connected to the success of democratic and economic reforms. The ENP theoretically corresponds to the complex nature of the phenomenon by placing equal emphasis on strengthening state institutions, restructuring the economy, and pushing for democratic reforms. As the EU, however, by and large seeks cooperation with state actors and pursues a ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach mostly based on ‘soft’ mechanisms such as socialisation and capacity-building, the implementation of politically sensitive reforms seems to be unlikely. Moreover, the EU potentially allows its partner governments to ‘pick and chose’ from the overall reform agenda and evade real political and economic change towards better governance.

Title
The European Union and the Fight Against Corruption in Its Near Abroad: Can it Make a Difference?
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Location
London
Keywords
Europe, international norms, Research Project B2
Date
2010
Identifier
ISSN 1744-0580
Appeared in
Anticorruption for Eastern Europe, Special Issue of Global Crime, 11 (2), 122-144.
Language
eng
Type
Text