Chapter 1 - Europeanization Processes -- Chapter 2 - Administrative Procedures -- Chapter 3 - Participatory Government -- Chapter 4 - Local Governance Reforms -- Chapter 5 - Regionalization Reforms -- Chapter 6 - Re-centralization in Government.

Before joining the EU in May 2004, Central and Eastern European countries were required to professionalise their civil services. Most were perceived as having made improvements sufficient to be granted EU membership status. But what happened next? Five years after accession, this paper answers...