Overview
- Presents an empirical case study on the impact of elites on Romania’s post-accession Europeanization
- Provides a theoretically grounded model of the De-Europeanization of Central and Eastern Europe
- Contributes to the current debate on democratic backslide
- This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
Part of the book series: Contributions to Political Science (CPS)
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This open access book presents an actor-centered study on Europeanization, based on the assumption that EU-driven reforms are highly dependent on the behavior and interests of the key domestic actors. Whether or not a state pursues a European and democratic agenda depends on domestic lawmakers. Further, political elites are pre-eminent in deciding on the nature, form and content of any law, and on the extent to which the rule of law is actually enforced. Elites can overcome structural or institutional barriers that stand in the way of achieving their goals. The empirical study on Romania presented here lends this observation a more profound meaning: it shows how, in contexts where high level corruption is the norm rather than the exception, self-serving political elites cannot be expected to genuinely commit to adopting sound anti-corruption reform. The book is an inquiry into the motivations that drive legislators to make particular decisions, but also into the structural characteristics and dynamics of the elite that invite a selfish rather than responsible and responsive behaviour.
This publication was supported by funds from the Publication Fund for Open Access Monographs of the Federal State of Brandenburg, Germany.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. Luana Martin-Russu is a postdoctoral researcher at the New School of Digital Studies (ENS), European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Deforming the Reform
Book Subtitle: The Impact of Elites on Romania’s Post-accession Europeanization
Authors: Luana Martin-Russu
Series Title: Contributions to Political Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11081-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-11080-1Published: 22 September 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-11083-2Published: 22 September 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-11081-8Published: 21 September 2022
Series ISSN: 2198-7289
Series E-ISSN: 2198-7297
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 211
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: European Politics, Comparative Politics, Political Sociology, Public Policy, European Economics