Lightfoot, S and Szent-Iványi, B (2014) Reluctant Donors? The Europeanization of International Development Policies in the New Member States. Journal of Common Market Studies, 52 (6). pp. 1257-1272. ISSN 0021-9886
Abstract
The European Union (EU) played an instrumental role in 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, this article investigates why the new donors have been reluctant to adopt the EU's development acquis more fully. The article traces the socialization processes offered by the EU's development policy rule-making and subsequent national rule implementation. The conclusions reveal three reasons why socialization has been weak: perceptions among the new Member States on the procedural legitimacy of the development acquis; low domestic resonance with the development acquis; and inconsistencies in the activities of norm entrepreneurs. The article contributes to our understanding of development policy in the EU - particularly how decision-making takes place within the Council and its working groups post-enlargement.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2014 The Author(s). This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Lightfoot, S. and Szent-Iványi, B. (2014), Reluctant Donors? The Europeanization of International Development Policies in the New Member States. JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, 52: 1257–1272, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12141. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EU - European Union 298947 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 01 Jun 2016 14:37 |
Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2018 20:39 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcms.12141 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/jcms.12141 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:91244 |