The European Union's fight against corruption : the evolving policy towards Member States and candidate countries /
Patrycja Szarek-Mason.
- Cambridge [U.K.] : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- x, 305 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Cambridge studies in European law and policy .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-295) and index.
Introduction -- Corruption : concept, importance and international response -- The scope of EU legal powers and development of the policy in the area of anti-corruption -- The EU strategy against corruption within the Member States -- Conditionality in the EU accession process -- The EU's evaluation of corruption in the Central and Eastern European candidate countries -- The EU anti-corruption strategy towards the Central and Eastern European candidate countries : achievement or missed opportunity? -- The impact of 2004 enlargement on the EU anti-corruption policy -- Conclusion.