This book gives an up-to-date analysis of the EU’s current enlargement policy with focus on current and potential candidates in the Western Balkans as well as the controversial case of Turkey. The issues are put into the context of the widening versus deepening debate. Despite enlargement fatigue the porocess of widening is expected to continue.

Finn Laursen has a PhD in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania, USA, and holds a Canada Research Chair in EU Studies at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He directed the Dalhousie EU Centre of Excellence for six years (2006-12). Since 2007, he has also held an Jean Monnet Chair. His previous appointments include professorships at the European Institute of Public Administration, Maastricht, and the University of Southern Denmark, Odense.

Contents: Finn Laursen: EU Enlargement. Issues and Policy Developments – Eli Gateva: EU Enlargement Policy and Institutional Battles. Can the Commission’s Entrepreneurship Make up for the Lack of Strong Political Will in the Council? – Tanel Kerikmäe/Lehte Roots: Changing Theoretical Paradigm of EU Enlargement – Federiga Bindi/Irina Angelescu: The Geopolitical Implications of Future EU Enlargements – Heather A. D. Mbaye: The Multiple Dimensions of Compliance in the European Union. Lessons for Applicant States – Svet Derderyan: The Effectiveness of EU Leverage in Fighting Corruption in Central and Eastern Europe – Graeme Crouch: A Struggle for Influence. A Multi-levelled Appreciation of the Europeanisation Process – Miloš Milenkovi?/Marko Milenkovi?: Serbia and the European Union. Is the «Culturalisation» of Accession Criteria on the Way? – Alan Siaroff: Party System Institutionalisation in European Parliament and National Elections. The Comparative Impact of Expansion – Seçkin Bari? Gülmez: EU-Scepticism vs. Euroscepticism. Re-assessing the Party Positions in the Accession Countries towards EU Membership – Marko Stoji?: Ideological Families and Party Attitudes toward the EU in Serbia and Croatia – Gentian Elezi: Weak Conditionality and Uncertain Membership Perspective. Discussing EU Integration of the Western Balkans – Shirley Cloyes DioGuardi: Is There a Future for the Western Balkans in the European Union? – Faton Tony Bislimi: EU Enlargement and Kosovo’s Europeanization. European Union and Shaping Kosovo’s Representative or ‘Represented’ Democracy – Nanette Neuwahl: The Institutional Impact of Turkish EU Accession – Demetrios Nicolaides: The Non-accession of Turkey to the European Union. Implications for Cyprus Reunification, Eastern Mediterranean Natural Gas Exploration and Regional Stability – Boyka Stefanova: The End of Enlargement? The Case of Turkey, or Thinking Beyond the Widening versus Deepening Dichotomy.