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Informationen zum Autor Patrycja Szarek-Mason received her law degrees from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan and the University of Ghent. She taught various European Union law courses at the University of Edinburgh, where she also obtained her Ph.D. in 2008. Since 2003, her research has focused on the requirements of EU membership in the area of anti-corruption policy. Klappentext Analyses anti-corruption policy within EU Member States and the evolution of anti-corruption policy during the accession process.This book focuses on European anti-corruption law and the politics of post-communist transformation, analysing the EU policy against corruption and the 2004 accession process and providing practical insights and policy recommendations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Corruption: concept, importance and international response; 2. The scope of EU legal powers and development of the policy in the area of anti-corruption; 3. The EU strategy against corruption within the Member States; 4. Conditionality in the EU accession process; 5. The EU's evaluation of corruption in the Central and Eastern European candidate countries; 6. The EU anti-corruption strategy towards the Central and Eastern European candidate countries: achievement or missed opportunity?; 7. The impact of the 2004 enlargement on the EU anti-corruption policy; Conclusion.
