🧭 How economic governance makes or breaks EU enlargement Comparing Central and Eastern Europe with the Western Balkans, Visnja Vukov argues that the EU’s governance of economic integration is a decisive lever of transformation. When the EU prioritises and c...

🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas No.36
🌍 Based on @jeppjournal.bsky.social, @vvukov.bsky.social compares Central + Eastern Europe with the Western Balkans to argue that the #EU’s governance of #EconomicIntegration is a decisive lever of transformation.
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So excited to present my work on high-road & low-road strategies in Europe's battery industrial rollout at Uni Vienna, organized by the wonderful @vvukov.bsky.social & @dorobohle.bsky.social

Next Wednesday @16.45, come say hi if you're around! 🔋🚗

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Getting gender onto the radar of comparative political economy This paper introduces a collection of short articles which address how comparative political economy can pay more attention to gender in its research questions and analysis. It identifies several g...

💬 What happens when we look at political economy through a gender lens?

🔎 Explore our discussion section: 'Getting gender onto the radar of comparative political economy' 👇

1️⃣ Dorothee Bohl and Deborah Mabbett introduce puzzles and insights for political economy through the gender lens

European integration and state capture: insights from the EU’s earlier Eastern enlargement The EU’s enlargement policy has successfully strengthened state institutions in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), while failing to do so in the Western Balkans (WB). This is often attributed to dom...

Why was the EU enlargement policy successful in countering state capture in Central and Eastern Europe but not in the Western Balkans? In my new article I argue this has a lot to do with how the EU managed their economic integration 🇪🇺🛒 Open access👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The rise of the European Enlargement State: blended finance, development banks and the new modalities of EU accession Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine reenergized the European Union's enlargement process. The accelerated accession process is defined by the deployment of large investment programmes, which se...

EU Enlargement is back! In this new article, we detect with @matthiasthiemann.bsky.social and Dan Mocanu the rise of a state-like network led by DG ENEST, networked through @eib.org, the EBRD and national development banks, defined by the logic of blended finance.
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Very much looking forward to this ViPET talk by Ana Podvršič on post-crisis restructuring and Slovenia's dependency ❗💶🔜

Looking forward to this exciting ViPET book talk on the origins of American retail capitalism with Kathleen Thelen next week! 📚🛒 Join us at the Uni Wien or on Zoom! ✨🔜

New report from SIEPS: What were the drivers of growth in the Bing Bang enlargement coutnries?

"Economic growth and real convergence in Central and Eastern Europe: lessons for the future enlargement of the EU" written by Mariusz Próchniak and Ryszard Rapacki

Great list, Palma!! Could you still add me, please? Thanks 😊

What happens after the electoral defeat of illiberal politics? Find out about challenges of post-Pis reform in Poland at our ViPET seminar with @benstanley.pl this Wednesday!🔜