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In 2004 the European Union and NATO each added ten new member states, most from the post-communist countries of Eastern and Central Europe. In order to prepare for membership, these countries had to make many thousands of institutional and legal adjustments. Indeed, they often tried to modernize in just a few years, implementing practices that evolved over many decades in Western Europe. This book emphasizes the way that policy elites in Central and Eastern Europe often 'ordered from the menu' of established Western practices. When did this emulation of Western practices succeed and when did it result in a fiasco? Professor Jacoby examines empirical cases in agriculture, regional policy, consumer protection, health care, civilian control of the military, and military professionalism from Hungary, the Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria, and the Ukraine. The book addresses debates in institutionalist theory, including conditionality, Europeanization, and external influences on democratic and market transitions.

Public administration --- Administration publique (Science) --- North Atlantic Treaty Organization --- European Union --- Europe --- Economic integration. --- Intégration économique --- Economic integration --- Intégration économique --- Europe [Central ] --- Europe [Eastern ] --- Union européenne --- North Atlantic Treaty Organization. --- Public administration - Europe, Central --- Public administration - Europe, Eastern --- Europe - Economic integration --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- Administration, Public --- Delivery of government services --- Government services, Delivery of --- Public management --- Public sector management --- Political science --- Administrative law --- Decentralization in government --- Local government --- Public officers --- North Atlantic treaty organisation --- NAVO --- OTAN --- E.U. --- EASTERN EUROPE -- 341.123 --- CENTRAL EUROPE -- 341.123 --- ECONOMIC INTEGRATION -- 341.123