Romania and the European Union how the weak vanquished the strong /
Gallagher, Tom, 1954-
Romania and the European Union how the weak vanquished the strong / Tom Gallagher. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (x, 278 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
The EU discovers Romania -- Crafty natives lead the Eurocrats astray -- The futility of EU funding -- Labour of Sisyphus: administrative reform in Romania -- Justice clings to its chains: 1989-2004 -- NATO, the EU and Romania's strategy of duplicity -- The EU at its most incoherent: April-December 2004 -- The EU regains and loses the initiative: 2005-07 -- Corruption and anti-corruption -- The expiry of reform after 2007.
According to Tom Gallagher, Romania's predatory rulers, the heirs of the sinister communist dictator Ceausescu, have inflicted a humiliating defeat on the European Union. He argues convincingly that Brussels was tricked into offering full membership to this Balkan country.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9781781702260 9781847792976
European Union.
European Union--Membership.
European Union--Membership--Romania.
Political corruption--Romania.
Electronic Books.
DR268 / .R663 2009
Romania and the European Union how the weak vanquished the strong / Tom Gallagher. - Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (x, 278 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
The EU discovers Romania -- Crafty natives lead the Eurocrats astray -- The futility of EU funding -- Labour of Sisyphus: administrative reform in Romania -- Justice clings to its chains: 1989-2004 -- NATO, the EU and Romania's strategy of duplicity -- The EU at its most incoherent: April-December 2004 -- The EU regains and loses the initiative: 2005-07 -- Corruption and anti-corruption -- The expiry of reform after 2007.
According to Tom Gallagher, Romania's predatory rulers, the heirs of the sinister communist dictator Ceausescu, have inflicted a humiliating defeat on the European Union. He argues convincingly that Brussels was tricked into offering full membership to this Balkan country.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9781781702260 9781847792976
European Union.
European Union--Membership.
European Union--Membership--Romania.
Political corruption--Romania.
Electronic Books.
DR268 / .R663 2009