Poland's EU Accession

• Main Author: Trzeciak, Sergiusz
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: London Routledge 2012; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
• Subjects: Democratic Elections in Poland; Eastern European Politics; European Integration; European Politics; European Studies; European Union > Poland; European Union countries - Relations - Poland; European Union Expansion; European Union Negotiations; European Union Politics; George Vassiliou; Hayden; Hopes and Fears associated with Poland’s Accession to the European Union; International Relations; Marise Cremona; Markus Gastinger; Millard; Myant; Ole Elgstrum; Poland > Relations > European Union countries; Re-inventing Poland; The Accession Story; The Collapse of Communist Power in Poland; The Enlargement of the European Union; The EU from 15 to 25 Countries; EU Proposal; Millard; The EU from 15 to 25 Countries; Domestic Win Set; EU’s External Relation; The Accession Story; EU Body; Hopes and Fears associated with Poland’s Accession to the European Union; EU Farmer; EU Commissioner; The Collapse of Communist Power in Poland; Ole Elgstrum; Sld Government; Current EU Member State; Democratic Elections in Poland; Poland’s Negotiations; EU Assessment; Marise Cremona; EU Labour; EU Poland Accession; The Enlargement of the European Union; Hayden; EU Side; EU Common Position; European Union Negotiations; Re-inventing Poland; EU Accession Negotiation; EU Labour Market; EEC’s Council; Myant; Current EU Member; Markus Gastinger; EU Accession; EU Membership; EU Citizen; Political Parties; Level Ii; George Vassiliou; EU Country
• ISBN: 9780415680219; 1138481440; 9781138481442; 0415680212
• DOI: 10.4324/9780203801284

This book examines the process of Poland’s accession negotiations to the European Union between 1998-2003. An empirical study based on Robert Putnam’s two-level game model, it charts the influence and role of key domestic actors and groups on the negotiations especially in three critical, controversial, areas - areas where EU accession threatened to bring about a profound transformation to Polish life - agriculture, with particular emphasis on direct payments and production quotas; the purchase of real estate by foreigners; and the free movement of labour. This book demonstrates the complex interaction between the domestic and international level of negotiations and furthermore, shows how critical this link can be to negotiation outcomes at the international level. It reveals how susceptible Poland’s negotiation process was to domestic pressure, particularly public opinion and interest groups. Drawing heavily on qualitative analysis – such as press releases, news wires, policy documents, as well as quantitative analyses, such as the use of opinion polls, and supported by in-depth, unrestricted interviews with key Polish decision-makers, this book examines the dynamics of policy formation in Poland and shows how this translated into the final conditions of accession.