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

Edited by Marko Novakovic · Marina Matic-Boskovic
New Arrival Routledge March 2026

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ISBN-13
9781041074229
Publisher
Routledge
Publication
March 2026
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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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.

Table of Contents

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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