Poland's EU Accession

The book analyses the accession negotiations carried out by Poland in the lead-up to joining the European Union. I recreated the process by interviewing leading negotiators and political decision-makers as well as by scrutinizing agency dispatches and numerous press releases and articles.

The underlying premise of ‘Poland EU Accession’ is that Poland’s position during negotiations with the EU was firmly rooted in internal policy considerations, in particular public opinion pressures and influence from political parties and stakeholders.

The book might be particularly valuable for institutions based in countries on the cusp of change in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Poland’s experience of democratic transformation shows that there was nothing automatic about Poland's progression from dictatorship to democracy.

Therefore ‘Poland’s EU Accession’ offers useful lessons for countries wanting to consolidate their democratic structures, pointing out potential pitfalls that Poland experienced in the lead-up to EU and NATO accession. The book also describes how Poland, despites these set-backs, managed to exude consistency and credibility in the midst of belt-tightening reforms.

‘Poland ‘s EU Accession’ was published by Routledge, one of the most established global publishers in the field of social sciences and a publishing house steeped in tradition (established in 1836).

The book is available to purchase at numerous online stores, eg. www.amazon.com - and segments of the book can, upon request, be translated and adapted as a manual by academic institutions, democratization NGOs and political campaigns.

More details on the book are available on the publisher's website.

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