Abstract
In this paper I seek to explicate the ideas about EU membership embedded in the accession
criteria, and in the pre-accession monitoring of Poland, Romania and Turkey. Taking four idealtype modes of membership as my heuristic gear, I will show that the way the criteria were
interpreted and implemented in the ‘progress towards accession’ reports, thickened the criteria
and invoked a Civic-Cultural mode of membership for the EU. Two conclusions emerge: First
there is a substantial degree of internal logic to the reports. The second conclusion is that the
interpretation and reconstruction of the criteria, through the practice of pre-accession monitoring,
entails an inherent amplification of the criteria.
criteria, and in the pre-accession monitoring of Poland, Romania and Turkey. Taking four idealtype modes of membership as my heuristic gear, I will show that the way the criteria were
interpreted and implemented in the ‘progress towards accession’ reports, thickened the criteria
and invoked a Civic-Cultural mode of membership for the EU. Two conclusions emerge: First
there is a substantial degree of internal logic to the reports. The second conclusion is that the
interpretation and reconstruction of the criteria, through the practice of pre-accession monitoring,
entails an inherent amplification of the criteria.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | NYU School of Law |
| State | Published - 2010 |
Publication series
| Name | Jean Monnet working paper series |
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| Volume | 7 |