Europeanization of the Western Balkans

Adam Fagan is Professor of European Politics at Queen Mary, University of London, and Professorial Fellow at the London School of Economic and Political Science. He is the author of Environment and Democracy in the Czech Republic (2004) and Europe's Balkan Dilemma (2010).Indraneel Sircar is a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London. His research focuses on the Europeanization of environmental governance and rule of law in the Western Balkans. He has published articles in European Union Politics, Party Politics, and Environmental Politics.

"Environmental governance is one of the EU's most demanding policies; the Western Balkans poses enormous problems in building states capable of assuming the obligations of EU membership. Fagan and Sircar's fascinating book provides a detailed account of the challenges posed and the national responses to these demanding processes." Andrew Taylor, Professor of Politics, University of Sheffield, UK "Fagan and Sircar offer a fresh look at EU integration and how decision-making in the Balkans is transformed by EU accession. By looking at environmental protection in Bosnia and Serbia, this book offers rich empirical insights into Europeanisation processes. It helps us understand why the accession process of the Western Balkans is more difficult than has been in Central Europe and how the accession process can help consolidate the power of established elites." Florian Bieber, Professor of Southeast European Studies, University of Graz, Austria "Europeanization of the Western Balkans rigorously investigates externally supported reform of environmental governance in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia. By prioritizing field-based research, the authors do what few scholars of EU leverage are able to do. They uncover the domestic conditions and multilateral institutions' strategies under which Europeanization has the largest and smallest impact on environmental governance in practice." Dr. Paula M. Pickering, Associate Professor of Government, College of William and Mary, USA

• List of tables 1. Europeanizing environmental governance 2. The Curious Case of Bosnia-Herzegovina 3. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) processes in BiH 4. From pariah to partner? The case of Serbia 5. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) processes in Serbia Conclusion Bibliography