In the space of just 20 years, internal cross-border co-operation (CBC) has transformed from a marginal issue for European integration into an important strand of the third objective of European Union's (EU's) regional policy. How might this process of transformation be explained? This study...

Books reviewed in this article: Accountability and Legitimacy in the European Union, edited by A. Arnull and D. Wincott Accountability in the European Union, by C. Harlow Les Commissaires Europeans: Technocrates, diplomates ou politiques? by J. Joana and A. Smith Between Empire and Alliance:...

This article assesses the conditions, context and consequences of the European Union's role in conflict transformation through cross-border activity on the island of Ireland via analysis of interviews with individuals directly involved in EU-facilitated cross-border programmes, as 'mediators' of...