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9 JEMIE 1 (2010)

handle is hein.journals/jemie2010 and id is 1 raw text is: N a Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues in Europe on JEM IE Vol 9, No 1, 2010, 1-25 Jour onEt-opo- tiCand Original text received: 04.11.2010 t, l nEurope Final version received: 02.12.2010 Copyright © ECMI 2010 This article is located at: http://ecmi.de/jemie/2010/l/Slobodchikoff.pdf The New European Union: Integration as a Means of Norm Diffusion Michael 0. Slobodchikoff * University of Arizona, USA Although European shared norms can be identified through the Copenhagen Criteria, few scholars have examined what methods the European Union employs to ensure norm diffusion. This study examines the impact of EU norm diffusion on both member and candidate states. The European Union faces two different situations when it seeks to diffuse norms: targeting candidate states to ensure the adoption of shared European norms or targeting member states to ensure the adoption of specific norms. This paper argues that by utilizing the accession process, the European Union is actually better able to influence candidate states that wish to become members than current member states. Keywords: EU Member States, Integration, Norm diffusion, EU expansion, Enlargement Although European shared norms can be identified through the Copenhagen Criteria, few scholars have examined what methods the European Union employs to ensure norm diffusion. This study examines the impact of EU norm diffusion on both member and candidate states. The European Union faces two different situations when it seeks to diffuse norms: targeting candidate states to ensure the adoption of shared European norms or targeting member states to ensure the adoption of specific norms. I argue that by utilizing the accession process, the European Union is actually better able to influence candidate states that wish to become members than current * I would like to thank Paulette Kurzer for comments on an earlier draft of this paper. I would also like to thank the anonymous reviewers of this paper. Michael 0. Slobodchikoff, Email: slobodcm@email.arizona.edu. University of Arizona, School of Government and Public Policy, Tucson, USA.

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