Costs, Commitment and Compliance
The Impact of EU Democratic Conditionality on Latvia, Slovakia and Turkey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6280904 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frank Schimmelfennig (0000-0002-1638-1819, University of Mannheim), Stefan Engert (Technische Universität Darmstadt), Heiko Knobel (Technische Universität Darmstadt) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 495-518 |
| Publication date | 2003-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9886 • E-ISSN: 1468-5965 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1468-5965.00432 |
| OpenAlex | W2112840074 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 154 |
| References cited | 22 |
Democratic conditionality’ is the core strategy of the EU to induce candidate states to comply with its human rights and democracy standards. How does it work and when is it effective? This article reports findings of a comparative study of ‘hard cases’: Slovakia under Meciar; Turkey; and Latvia. We argue that EU democratic conditionality is a strategy of ’reinforcement by reward’ which works through intergovernmental material bargaining. Its efficacy depends on the candidate governments' domestic political costs of compliance. By contrast, social influence and transnational mobilization have proved ineffective
Compliance (psychology · Conditionality · Democracy · Economic system · Economics · Human rights · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Work (physics · Engineering · European and International Law Studies · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 154 |
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| Citations per year | 7 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2026 (23) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 152 |