GEOFFREY PRIDHAM is Professor of European Politics at Bristol University, UK, and is formerly Director of the Centre for Mediterranean Studies there. He has worked for a long time in the field of democratisation studies in both Southern Europe and Central and Eastern Europe. Among many works published is The Dynamics of Democratization: A Comparative Approach (2000). He is continuing research on the EU and democratic conditionality with an ESRC Fellowship during 2004-7, with a programme of work on Europeanising Democratisation?: EU Accession and Post-Communist Politics in Slovakia, L

'The book is very well researched with extensive notes and source materials...[it] will be most useful for researchers in the area of democracy studies as it explores the recent enlargement in a comparative context and provides valuable insights into the new member states.' - Political Studies Review

• Preface Theoretical Perspectives on European Enlargement and Democratisation The EU's Conditionality Strategy: Its Development Before and After the Fall of Communism EU Enlargement, Democratisation and Domestic Politics in Post-Communist Europe: Patterns and Problems of Motivation Post-Communist Accession Governments: Policy Orientation, Institutional Adaptation and Implementing Democratic Conditionality The Political Arena and Intermediary Actors in Candidate Countries: Political Parties, Opinion Makers and Public Impacts The Socio-Economic Arena and Deepening Democracy: Economic Transformation, Civil Society and Ethnic Minorities in Candidate Countries Conclusion: Europeanisation and Democratisation - Convergent, Parallel or Conflicting Processes? Sources and Bibliography Index