The Political Economy of Euro-Mediterranean Relations

The author analyses the implementation of the agricultural and industrial parts of the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) in Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco. Following a sectoral approach to assess the implementation of the ENP, he investigates which interest groups win and which lose from the policy.

Autorentext

Christos Kourtelis is Lecturer of International Relations at Maastricht University, The Netherlands. In the past he has worked at King's College London, the University of Westminster and at Birkbeck College. His research interests include the political economy of the Euro-Mediterranean relations, the EU's development policies, the political economy of regional integration of the MENA countries.

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Introduction
Contents and Structure of the book

1. The Positive Integration of the Partner Countries through the ENP
2. The ENP as a Three-Level Game
3. Level I: The Domestic Interests in the EU and North Africa
4. Negotiating the ENP at Level II: A Three-Stage Process
5. Negotiations at the International Level: Are the ENP Countries Decision Takers or Implementation Partners?
   Conclusion