Europeanisation and Democratisation

Fülszöveg

This book collects various essays presented at the conference "Europeanisation and Democratisation: The Southern European Expe-ríence and the Perspective for the New Member States" held in Florence, June 16-18, 2.005. The editor of this book selected somé of the essays discussing the relation between Europeanisation and democratisation in new member states and neighbour countries. He alsó tried to emphasise the comparatíve approach and to analyse the interaction between Europeanisation and democratisation, more pre-cisely the role Europeanisation plays in the consolidation and orien-tation toward the EU model of democracy of newly admitted and neighbour countries. This comparison aims to draft a more cohe-rent explanation for the basic puzzle of this book: why does the EU promote democracy? The starting hypothesis of the editor is that EU s pressures for democratisation aim at enlarging the European free markét area and at providing stability and security inside and outside the EU... Tovább

Fülszöveg

This book collects various essays presented at the conference "Europeanisation and Democratisation: The Southern European Expe-ríence and the Perspective for the New Member States" held in Florence, June 16-18, 2.005. The editor of this book selected somé of the essays discussing the relation between Europeanisation and democratisation in new member states and neighbour countries. He alsó tried to emphasise the comparatíve approach and to analyse the interaction between Europeanisation and democratisation, more pre-cisely the role Europeanisation plays in the consolidation and orien-tation toward the EU model of democracy of newly admitted and neighbour countries. This comparison aims to draft a more cohe-rent explanation for the basic puzzle of this book: why does the EU promote democracy? The starting hypothesis of the editor is that EU s pressures for democratisation aim at enlarging the European free markét area and at providing stability and security inside and outside the EU borders. The promotion of democracy and the rule of law, as weil as the adoption of the acquis communitaire and the respect for humán rights, are all functionai to EU's aims, The main hypothesis is that external influence does not provide a fuller éxpla-natory model for domestic adaptation to European norms and prac-tices in EU's neighbour countries. In other words, internál factors will shape the impact of EU action and will make it more or less influent. Moreover, the editor of this book infers that institutional adaptation for non-member states could be the equivalent of the Europeanisation impact on member states. Thus, democratisation becomes part of the "external Europeanisation" (in its meaning of institutional adaptation) and is dependent upon it. Vissza