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Negotiating the New Europe: The European Union and Eastern Europe by Dimitris Papadimitriou Review by: Michael Mannin Slavic Review, Vol. 62, No. 4, Tourism and Travel in Russia and the Soviet Union (Winter, 2003), p. 817 Published by: Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3185661 . Accessed: 13/06/2014 00:24 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact [email protected]. . Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Slavic Review. http://www.jstor.org This content downloaded from 62.122.73.250 on Fri, 13 Jun 2014 00:24:17 AM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions

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Negotiating the New Europe: The European Union and Eastern Europe by DimitrisPapadimitriouReview by: Michael ManninSlavic Review, Vol. 62, No. 4, Tourism and Travel in Russia and the Soviet Union (Winter,2003), p. 817Published by:Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3185661 .

Accessed: 13/06/2014 00:24

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Book Reviews Book Reviews

communist states, highlighting the differences between east central Europe on the one hand and Russia and Ukraine on the other. Significantly, the differences seem to derive not just from the level of democratic commitment, but also from its volatility across time. Next, Klaus von Beyme looks at the current state of political parties and party systems in the context of early theoretical predictions concerning the nature and behavior of parties that could be expected to emerge in the postcommunist environment.

The volume concludes with three chapters that take specific national cases as their focus. Attila Agh's piece on Hungary sees that country's democratization process largely as a case of successful institution building. Paul Lewis and Frances Millard consider the case of Poland and specifically its party system, whose apparent volatility has often masked the emergence of increasingly stable axes of competition and patterns of partisan interaction. And lastly, Karen Henderson compares the cases of the Czech Republic and Slovakia un- der the subtitle "Divergence or Convergence?" finding, among other things, that political culture (and specifically the public's commitment to democracy) in the two countries dif- fers much less than is commonly thought. Overall, this is a very useful volume that, due both to the quality of the individual contributions and the way in which they complement one another, could well serve as one of the core texts for a seminar on postcommunist politics.

HUBERT TWORZECKI

Emory University

Negotiating the New Europe: The European Union and Eastern Europe. By Dimitris Papadimi- triou. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2002. xii, 215 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Figures. Tables. $74.95, hard bound.

This book is essentially an informed, well-researched narrative of the evolution of Europe Agreements during the early 1990s with a particular focus on the negotiating experiences of Bulgaria and Romania. As such it is at minimum a useful contribution to understand- ing the process of enlarging the European Union. The volume consists of three parts. Part 1 presents a theoretical evaluation of the "first wave" of agreements, described as games in multiple arenas with variable payoffs. Part 2 seeks to explain the "second wave" in the light of iterated games, with particular reference to the Bulgarian and Romanian experiences. Part 3 is essentially a summary of the previous elements, concluding briefly with a contextualization of the agreements within the process of the accession of the cen- tral and eastern European countries.

Both the strengths and the weaknesses of this monograph lie in its narrow focus. It deals with a specific set of European Union policy instruments in a time-limited period. The analysis of these instruments, however, is undertaken through the broader theoreti- cal framework of "games in multiple arenas with variable payoffs" (20) contrasting the less generous outcomes of the negotiations in the "second wave" with the more generous ones of the first, as the European Community performs as an "actor within bounded national- ity" (21). The case studies in part 2 are extensively researched from the perspectives of the central and eastern European countries and the European Community, delineating the different outcomes of negotiations and the author's opinion concerning how this emerges. As such it is a thorough and tidy academic treatise.

The book's title, however, belies its narrow focus. For the volume to measure up to the more general implication of its title, the final brief chapter on the legacy of the Europe Agreements would need to be substantially developed. The application of the theoretical framework to the post-Agenda 2000 negotiations would have seemed a worthwhile if lengthy task, as would the inclusion of a study of the experiences of one or more of the fast-tracked countries. Claims for the legacy of the Europe Agreements would have been on firmer ground, and the book would have enjoyed a greater audience than its interest- ing but narrow content allows it.

MICHAEL MANNIN John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom

communist states, highlighting the differences between east central Europe on the one hand and Russia and Ukraine on the other. Significantly, the differences seem to derive not just from the level of democratic commitment, but also from its volatility across time. Next, Klaus von Beyme looks at the current state of political parties and party systems in the context of early theoretical predictions concerning the nature and behavior of parties that could be expected to emerge in the postcommunist environment.

The volume concludes with three chapters that take specific national cases as their focus. Attila Agh's piece on Hungary sees that country's democratization process largely as a case of successful institution building. Paul Lewis and Frances Millard consider the case of Poland and specifically its party system, whose apparent volatility has often masked the emergence of increasingly stable axes of competition and patterns of partisan interaction. And lastly, Karen Henderson compares the cases of the Czech Republic and Slovakia un- der the subtitle "Divergence or Convergence?" finding, among other things, that political culture (and specifically the public's commitment to democracy) in the two countries dif- fers much less than is commonly thought. Overall, this is a very useful volume that, due both to the quality of the individual contributions and the way in which they complement one another, could well serve as one of the core texts for a seminar on postcommunist politics.

HUBERT TWORZECKI

Emory University

Negotiating the New Europe: The European Union and Eastern Europe. By Dimitris Papadimi- triou. Burlington, Vt.: Ashgate, 2002. xii, 215 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Figures. Tables. $74.95, hard bound.

This book is essentially an informed, well-researched narrative of the evolution of Europe Agreements during the early 1990s with a particular focus on the negotiating experiences of Bulgaria and Romania. As such it is at minimum a useful contribution to understand- ing the process of enlarging the European Union. The volume consists of three parts. Part 1 presents a theoretical evaluation of the "first wave" of agreements, described as games in multiple arenas with variable payoffs. Part 2 seeks to explain the "second wave" in the light of iterated games, with particular reference to the Bulgarian and Romanian experiences. Part 3 is essentially a summary of the previous elements, concluding briefly with a contextualization of the agreements within the process of the accession of the cen- tral and eastern European countries.

Both the strengths and the weaknesses of this monograph lie in its narrow focus. It deals with a specific set of European Union policy instruments in a time-limited period. The analysis of these instruments, however, is undertaken through the broader theoreti- cal framework of "games in multiple arenas with variable payoffs" (20) contrasting the less generous outcomes of the negotiations in the "second wave" with the more generous ones of the first, as the European Community performs as an "actor within bounded national- ity" (21). The case studies in part 2 are extensively researched from the perspectives of the central and eastern European countries and the European Community, delineating the different outcomes of negotiations and the author's opinion concerning how this emerges. As such it is a thorough and tidy academic treatise.

The book's title, however, belies its narrow focus. For the volume to measure up to the more general implication of its title, the final brief chapter on the legacy of the Europe Agreements would need to be substantially developed. The application of the theoretical framework to the post-Agenda 2000 negotiations would have seemed a worthwhile if lengthy task, as would the inclusion of a study of the experiences of one or more of the fast-tracked countries. Claims for the legacy of the Europe Agreements would have been on firmer ground, and the book would have enjoyed a greater audience than its interest- ing but narrow content allows it.

MICHAEL MANNIN John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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