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Neighbourhood Europeanization through ENP: The Case of Ukraine
Author(s) -
GAWRICH ANDREA,
MELNYKOVSKA INNA,
SCHWEICKERT RAINER
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
jcms: journal of common market studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.54
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1468-5965
pISSN - 0021-9886
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2010.02110.x
Subject(s) - conditionality , european neighbourhood policy , democracy promotion , neighbourhood (mathematics) , resizing , democracy , political science , economic system , promotion (chess) , political economy , economics , european union , international trade , politics , democratization , law , mathematical analysis , mathematics
This article contributes to the integration of Neighbourhood Europeanization in the literature on Europeanization. Based on insights from Membership and Enlargement Europeanization , we reveal important inconsistencies of Neighbourhood Europeanization through ENP as well as a lack of robust empirical support for its effectiveness. We define core dimensions and determinants of Neighbourhood Europeanization and implement this analytical framework for the case of Ukraine. The analysis clearly demonstrates substantial asymmetries in ENP policy across the three dimensions we chose – democracy promotion, economic co‐operation and JHA, which clearly reflect the inconsistency of the ENP concept: top‐down formulation of EU interests combined with weak conditionality. ENP inconsistencies could however be overcome through widening linkages and improving financial support to mobilize and strengthen positive local support of EU demands and rewards.