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2008.
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| Summary/Abstract |
The majority of the literature examining the European Union's ability to encourage political and economic reform only considers its influence in countries involved in the accession process; few have examined its impact in non -accession countries. Therefore in this paper I assess the ability of the EU to promote reform outside of the accession process and develop a theory explaining a state's compliance with or rejection of EU pressure to reform. Through comparing and contrasting the cases of Belarus and Ukraine, I determine that a combination of domestic elite preferences and the strength of EU pressure - a function of the degree of unity among the EU members on the issue - influence the likelihood of a state's c
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