Michael J. Baun is Professor and Marguerite Langdale Pizer Chair in International Relations at Valdosta State University.

Michael Baun provides a wide-ranging, highly informed, and penetrating account of the most important issue currently on the European Union's agenda. The book is well organized, well written, and a pleasure to read.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 The Challenge of EnlargementChapter 3 Opening the DoorChapter 4 The Pre-Accession StrategyChapter 5 The Road to LuxembourgChapter 6 Preparing the EU for Enlargement (I): Agenda 2000Chapter 7 Preparing the EU for Enlargement (II): Institutional ReformChapter 8 Beginning the Accession ProcessChapter 9 To the Helsinki SummitChapter 10 The Accession NegotiationsChapter 11 Conclusion: Toward a Wider Europe

Michael J. Baun is Professor and Marguerite Langdale Pizer Chair in International Relations at Valdosta State University.

Michael Baun provides a wide-ranging, highly informed, and penetrating account of the most important issue currently on the European Union's agenda. The book is well organized, well written, and a pleasure to read.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 The Challenge of EnlargementChapter 3 Opening the DoorChapter 4 The Pre-Accession StrategyChapter 5 The Road to LuxembourgChapter 6 Preparing the EU for Enlargement (I): Agenda 2000Chapter 7 Preparing the EU for Enlargement (II): Institutional ReformChapter 8 Beginning the Accession ProcessChapter 9 To the Helsinki SummitChapter 10 The Accession NegotiationsChapter 11 Conclusion: Toward a Wider Europe