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EU Accession and the Rule of Law: Pre-accession Assistance and the Western Balkans

Author: Marko Novakovic; Marina Matic-Boskovic
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781041074229
Published In: March 2026
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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This book offers a critical examination of how the EU's Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) has influenced governance and legal reform across the Western Balkans and beyond. Focusing on six countries at different stages of the accession process, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, Croatia, and North Macedonia, this book assesses the IPA's evolving role as a mechanism for strengthening the rule of law. Through country-specific analyses, the book explores how IPA funding has supported judicial reform, anti-corruption measures, and legal harmonisation, while also considering the long-term effects in Croatia, the region's only EU member state.

Additional contributions provide a broader assessment of the IPA's strategic development, successes, and limitations as an instrument of EU conditionality. Bridging theoretical perspectives with empirical insights, this book offers a comprehensive yet accessible exploration of EU financial aid as a driver of governance reform. This book will be of interest to researchers in the field of EU expansion and regional development, providing valuable lessons from the diverse trajectories of the Western Balkans.

Foreword

1. The Evolution of the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance: From Conception to Modern Implementation

Marko Novakovic

2. Western Balkans on the Path to the EU: Progress and Challenges in Rule of Law Reforms

Marina Matic Boskovic

3. EU policy on rule of law in the enlargement context

Martijn Quinn

4. Impacts of the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance on the Rule of Law in Albania

Julinda Beqiraj

5. Fighting Corruption with EU Funds in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Evaluating Institutional Capacity, Political Ownership and Outcomes

Ajna Jodanović

6. From Assistance to Action? IPA’s Role in Strengthening the Rule of Law in North Macedonia

Elena Mujoska Trpevska

7. Impacts of the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance on Rule of Law in Montenegro

State of play and perspectives

Ksenija Jovićević Korać and Velibor Korać

8. EU’s Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance and ‘limited progress’ in advancing the rule of law in Serbia

Marko Kmezic

9. Shaping Croatia's EU Path: The Impact Of IPA Funds and the Ongoing Role of the RFT

Ana Krnić Kulušić and Martina Vrdoljak

10. The rule of law as the cornerstone of the EU project and its role in the Instruments for Pre-accession Assistance for Western Balkans

Maja Vitaljić

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