Gergana Noutcheva is Assistant Professor in International Relations and European Foreign Policy in the Department of Political Science at Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

In this groundbreaking and exemplary study, Noutcheva explains why Western Balkan states have varied so much in their compliance with the European Union's accession requirements: When matters of national sovereignty and territory are on the table, the EU lacks the legitimacy to impose a solution. Theoretically innovative and empirically rich, this book offers a comprehensive study of the EU's foreign and enlargement policies in the Western Balkans -- and helps us understand the limits of the EU's so-called normative power. - Milada Anna Vachudova, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• 1. Introduction PART I: THEORIES AND CONCEPTS 2. Europeanizaton and the Compliance Patterns of Balkan States 3. Legitimization and European Foreign Policy PART II: THE DYNAMICS OF EU CONDITIONLAITY 4. The Policy of EU Conditionality in the Balkans 5. The Politics of EU Conditionality PART III: THE DYNAMICS OF COMPLIANCE in the balkans 6. The Record of Balkan Compliance with EU Conditionality 7. The Politics of Compliance in the Balkans 8. Conclusion

Gergana Noutcheva is Assistant Professor in International Relations and European Foreign Policy in the Department of Political Science at Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

In this groundbreaking and exemplary study, Noutcheva explains why Western Balkan states have varied so much in their compliance with the European Union's accession requirements: When matters of national sovereignty and territory are on the table, the EU lacks the legitimacy to impose a solution. Theoretically innovative and empirically rich, this book offers a comprehensive study of the EU's foreign and enlargement policies in the Western Balkans -- and helps us understand the limits of the EU's so-called normative power. - Milada Anna Vachudova, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• 1. Introduction PART I: THEORIES AND CONCEPTS 2. Europeanizaton and the Compliance Patterns of Balkan States 3. Legitimization and European Foreign Policy PART II: THE DYNAMICS OF EU CONDITIONLAITY 4. The Policy of EU Conditionality in the Balkans 5. The Politics of EU Conditionality PART III: THE DYNAMICS OF COMPLIANCE in the balkans 6. The Record of Balkan Compliance with EU Conditionality 7. The Politics of Compliance in the Balkans 8. Conclusion

Gergana Noutcheva is Assistant Professor in International Relations and European Foreign Policy in the Department of Political Science at Maastricht University, the Netherlands.

In this groundbreaking and exemplary study, Noutcheva explains why Western Balkan states have varied so much in their compliance with the European Union's accession requirements: When matters of national sovereignty and territory are on the table, the EU lacks the legitimacy to impose a solution. Theoretically innovative and empirically rich, this book offers a comprehensive study of the EU's foreign and enlargement policies in the Western Balkans -- and helps us understand the limits of the EU's so-called normative power. - Milada Anna Vachudova, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

• 1. Introduction PART I: THEORIES AND CONCEPTS 2. Europeanizaton and the Compliance Patterns of Balkan States 3. Legitimization and European Foreign Policy PART II: THE DYNAMICS OF EU CONDITIONLAITY 4. The Policy of EU Conditionality in the Balkans 5. The Politics of EU Conditionality PART III: THE DYNAMICS OF COMPLIANCE in the balkans 6. The Record of Balkan Compliance with EU Conditionality 7. The Politics of Compliance in the Balkans 8. Conclusion