International Influence Beyond Conditionality

Rachel A. Epstein is an associate professor of political economy and European politics at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. She has written widely on the role of international institutions in denationalizing defense and financial policy in Europe and is the author of In Pursuit of Liberalism: International Institutions in Postcommunist Europe (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008).Ulrich Sedelmeier is Senior Lecturer in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of Constructing the Path to Eastern Enlargement (Manchester University Press, 2005) and co-editor of The Politics of European Union Enlargement: Theoretical Approaches (Routledge, 2005).

• 1. Beyond Conditionality: International Institutions in Postcommunist Europe after Enlargement Rachel A. Epstein and Ulrich Sedelmeier 2. After Conditionality: Post-Accession Compliance with EU Law in East Central Europe Ulrich Sedelmeier 3. The Remains of Conditionality: The Faltering Enlargement of the Euro Zone Juliet Johnson 4. The Politics of EU Conditionality: The Norm of Minority Protection During and Beyond EU Accession Gwendolyn Sasse 5. Tempered by the EU? Political Parties and Party Systems Before and After Accession Milada A. Vachudova 6. The Social Context in Conditionality: Internationalizing Finance in Postcommunist Europe Rachel A. Epstein 7. Out-Liberalizing the EU: Pension Privatization in Central and Eastern Europe Mitchell Orenstein 8. EU Political Accession Conditionality after Enlargement: Consistency and Effectiveness Frank Schimmelfennig 9. A Governance Perspective on the European Neighbourhood Policy: Integration beyond Conditionality? Sandra Lavenex