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Through the intervention of the European Union, the lives of people living in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Kosovo have been transformed beyond recognition. This title offers a comprehensive analysis of the impact of EU assistance and intervention in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Kosovo.

When will Albania join the EU? Will accession help Albania to achieve prosperity, stability and prosperity? And, what factors are helping it towards this end and what factors are holding it back? A study of Albania and its relations with the EU, this book analyses the problems of the country as it moves towards membership of the Union.

Europe is more than a system of rules and political institutions that regulate European citizenship: it is also a space of political traditions, political experiences and cultural memories. This volume explores several issues that must be addressed if the challenge of an integrated Europe is to be successfully met.

Looking at the order-promoting processes of both the EU and Nato, this work offers a detailed comparative analysis of the role played by external actors in the Balkan region as a whole. In doing so, it provides an insight into the processes of peace-promotion in general, and the patterns of security-community-building in the Balkans in particular.

Examines the emergence and practice of a Western model of intervention, which combines 'hard'/military and 'soft'/peace approaches, and assesses its success and failures in the light of operations in Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechnya, Georgia, and Nagorno-Karabakh.

Drawing on extensive archival records and oral history interviews, this book is the first comprehensive study of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the Commission of the European Economic Community (EEC), and their personnel, the European civil servants.

Attempts to answer two main questions: 'Is there a gap between EU and Turkish security cultures?' and 'To what extent is Turkey an advantage for Europe?'. This book examines Turkey's crucial role with NATO and details its relations and priorities in the Mediterranean, the Middle East and the Black Sea regions, comparing these with EU relations.

Is the EU multi-level governance system weakening the implementation of policies at a state level? This work argues that implementation deficiencies are a direct result of the multi-level structure of European governance. It studies Italy, Spain and Poland in order to identify the main factors undermining implementation process.

Examines the impact of modernity on Greece and Turkey, and the influence of the West on these former states of the Ottoman Empire during the crucial hundred years between 1850 and 1950. This book explores the reactions and coping mechanisms displayed in both societies in reaction to Europe's all-pervasive influence.