Arolda Elbasani is Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.

The book investigates the scope and limitations of the transformative power of EU enlargement in the Western Balkans.

Part I: Europeanization Travels to the Western Balkans 1. Europeanization Travels to the Western Balkans: Enlargement Strategy, Domestic Obstacles and Diverging Reforms Arolda Elbasani 2. The Stabilisation and Association Process: A Framework for European Union Enlargement? David Phinnemore Part II: Europeanization in Consolidated States 3. The Trials and Triumphs of Europeanization in Croatia: The Unbearable Weight of Structure and State-Building? Mieczyslaw P. Boduszynski 4. EU Political Conditionality towards Serbia: Membership Prospects vs. Domestic Constraints Jelena Stojanovic 5. EU Conditionality as a Transforming Power in Macedonia: Evidence from Electoral Management Jessica Giandomenico 6. EU Administrative Conditionality and Domestic Obstacles: Slow, Hesitant and Partial Reform in Post-Communist Albania Arolda Elbasani 7. Where does the European Union Make a Difference? Rule of Law Development in the Western Balkans and Beyond Martin Mendelski Part III: Europeanization in Contested States 8. State-building Without Recognition: A Critical Retrospective of the European Union's Strategy in Kosovo (1999-2010) Dimitris Papadimitriou and Petar Petrov 9. Building Environmental Governance in Potential Candidate Countries: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Processes in Bosnia-Herzegovina Adam Fagan 10. Secessionism, Irredentism and EU Enlargement to the Western Balkans - Squaring the Circle? Rafael Biermann Conclusions 11. When Europeanization Hits Limited Statehood. The Western Balkans as a Test Case for the Transformative Power of Europe Tanja Börzel