The Changing Faces of Europeanisation: How Did the European Union Influence Corruption in Slovakia Before and After Accession?

Miroslav Beblavý () and Emília Sičáková-Beblavá

Europe-Asia Studies, 2014, vol. 66, issue 4, 536-556

Abstract: The paper looks at the European Union's impact on corruption in Slovakia, both before and after the country's accession to the European Union. It shows that even though pre-accession channels of influence diminish or disappear, membership brings new means of influence. Our methodology looks beyond institutional changes and explicit anti-corruption mechanisms. Before 1999, the European Union's influence on corruption was close to zero, and between 1999 and 2004, its influence was strong and positive. Post-accession developments are more ambiguous, but despite an apparent worsening of corruption after 2004, we observe a transformation rather than a loss of European Union influence.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2014.899767

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