Citation

Ganev VI. East Eur. Polit. Soc. 2013; 27(1): 26-44.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0888325412465086

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The manuscript analyzes negative developments in Bulgarian and Romanian politics in the aftermath of the two countries' accession to the European Union, with a special focus on the worsening corruption problem, the destabilization of previously coherent normative frameworks, and the reversal of processes of state building. It also explores the main characteristics of a novel form of elite behavior, post-accession hooliganism, which began to emerge as soon as Bulgarian and Romanian political leaders felt strong and confident enough to disregard the demands of their West European counterparts.

Language: en