CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Sorbale, Aleksei |
|---|---|
| Title | The influence of state capacity on the speed of EU accession: the case of post-socialist states of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe |
| Summary | This thesis considers the speed of EU accession of 19 candidate countries from Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe through the lens of the factors of their state capacity. The primary data analysis method is Qualitative comparative analysis of multiple values (QCAmv), which allows to identify the combination of factors that led to the acceleration or deceleration of the speed of EU accession in each of the cases under consideration. Two analytical models constructed for (1) current EU member states and (2) current EU candidate states demonstrate high explanatory power of the factors of fragmentation of the party system, ideological polarization of the national parliament, GDP per capita and governance efficiency. Another important finding of the study is that the “classical” theories of European accession (Lewis 2008; Renner and Trauner 2009; Schmidt 2006; Fink-Hafner 2007a, 2007b; Haughton 2009) are not fully adequate to explain the political reality of the post-socialist countries, and should be replaced by new theoretical models that take into account the level of party coalitions. Key words: EU accession, QCAmv, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, South-Eastern Europe, post-socialism, state capacity |
| Supervisor | Pelinka, Anton |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/sorbale_aleksei.pdf |
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