Europe's Balkan Dilemma

Adam Fagan is Reader in Politics in the Department of Politics at Queen Mary, University of London. He is a specialist on Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans and the author of Environment and Democracy in the Czech Republic

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction1.The EU and the Western Balkans•The EU and Post-Socialist Europe: assistance, association and accession.•The EU and the Western Balkans: entrants, candidates and potential candidates•EU priorities and conditionality in the Potential Candidate Countries: a different approach and agenda?•EU Aid and Assistance 2000-2006: The CARDS programme•Aid and assistance 2007-2013: the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA)2.Theorizing EU assistance and intervention in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Kosovo•Civil society development aid as a framework for assessing EU assistance•Capacity building instead of civil society?•A good governance perspective on EU assistance3.The EU in Bosnia-Herzegovina•Bosnia’s past and present: external development and intervention•Post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina: from Dayton to Brussels•Bosnia and the EU4.The EU in Serbia•Serbian politics after Miloševi?•Serbia and the EU: political context and recent developments•EU assistance to Serbia5.Quantitative analysis of EU assistance to Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia6.EU assistance and intervention in Kosovo: lessons learnt? •Civil society and the non-state sector in Kosovo - the challenge for EU assistance •EU assistance in practice: the European Agency for Reconstruction (EAR) Conclusion

A strong investigation of EU assistance to NGOs in the Western Balkans and the product of excellent research.' - James Gow, Professor of International Peace and Security, King's College London 'Adam Fagan's useful book provides a well-needed overview of the many development and assistance packages the European Union delivered in the western Balkans.' - Jelena Subotic, Slavic Review 'Anyone with an interest in the development of "civil society" in transition countries will benefit from reading this study.' - Toby Vogel, European Voice