Table of Contents

Introduction
1: Political Competition and the Reform Trajectories of Postcommunist States
2: Liberal and Illiberal Democracy After Communism
3: The Passive Leverage of the European Union
4: The Impact of Passive Leverage: EU Relations with Liberal and Illiberal States 1989-1994
5: The Active Leverage of the European Union
6: The Impact of Active Leverage I: Making Political Systems More Competitive 1994-1998
7: The Impact of Active Leverage II: Shaping Reform of the State and the Economy 1994-2004
8: The Enlargement Endgame and the Future of an Enlarged EU
Conclusion
Bibliography

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Reviews

Europe Undivided is an exemplary work of the new comparative-international politics. It is a subtle and substantial analysis of how asymmetric interdependence and meritocratic European Union membership criteria combined to enhance the influence of the EU on domestic political reforms in Eastern Europe. Robert O. Keohane, Professor of International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School In this important study, Vachudova develops an original and compelling analysis of how variations in domestic competition and changes in EU leverage combined to shape postcommunist political and economic pathways in East Central Europe. Valerie Bunce, Professor and Chair of Government, Aaron Binenkorb Chair of International Studies, Cornell University A scrupulous, clearly organized, and highly informative analysis of one of the great success stories of our time. Vachudova combines the methods of comparative politics and international relations to explore the very direct connections between political change in Central and Eastern Europe and the influence of the European Union over the fifteen years from the velvet revolutions of 1989 to the eastward enlargement of the EU in 2004. Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies, University of Oxford, and Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University