Ukraine, the EU and Economic Integration

Opportunities and Challenges
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-14200-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 156 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Central and Eastern European Business and Economics

This book addresses a central puzzle in the study of European integration: why have some post-communist countries successfully embedded democratic and market institutions after EU accession or candidacy, while others have faltered or regressed?

The book utilizes principal component analysis to create a unique composite indicator for EU integration readiness, offering a novel approach to assessing economic and social factors. It provides an extensive comparative study of Ukraine's integration readiness alongside Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia, and Macedonia. It goes beyond economic indicators, addressing non-economic obstacles such as identity-seeking problems and oligarchic ecosystems, making it a holistic resource for understanding the complexities of EU integration. Introducing the original distinction between self-contained and exported Europeanisation, the book offers a new comparative framework that explains divergent integration outcomes across Central Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans. By combining theory-driven analysis with country case studies, it demonstrates how the balance between domestic political commitment and EU conditionality shapes long-term integration success.

Bridging economics, European studies, comparative politics, and international political economy, this timely book speaks to scholars, students, and policymakers interested in the future of Europe’s eastern frontier.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tankovsky, Oleg

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Makroökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. International Integrations in general 3. International Political Economy, Regimes, and Path Dependence in Ukraine 4. Methodology 5. Ukraine’s Macroeconomic Foundations Before and After the War 6. Economic Reforms Since 2014: Mapping the Transformation 7. Comparative Assessment of EU Candidate Countries 8. Foreign Policy Analysis 9. Conflict, Identity, and EU Accession Obstacles in the framework of case studies 10. Discussion and Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Oleg Tankovsky is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics and International Economics, University of Public Service, Budapest, Hungary.