Abstract
As front runners in the EU accession process, Serbia and Montenegro have failed to control corruption yet managed to advance along the path to EU integration. Although they have stronger state capacity compared to other Western Balkan countries, the two have recently reverted to previous poor governance practices after initial headway meeting EU good governance conditions. An in-depth analysis of the two countries explains this paradox as the result of the combination of the EU accession process and increasing Chinese finance. While the EU’s stability-oriented strategy helped to consolidate these authoritarian regimes, Chinese funding policies have further strengthened patronage networks, fuelling corruption in the EU’s ‘stabilitocracies’.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1311-1335 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | Europe-Asia Studies |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| Early online date | 21 Sept 2022 |
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| Publication status | Published - Oct 2023 |
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