Mason, Patrycja Szarek.

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.

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European Union.


Political corruption--European Union countries.
Fraud--European Union countries.