Preparation for Structural Funds and Europeanisation: The Case of Lithuania

Europeanization and Development: Using Open Regime Theory to Assess Lithuania’s Post-Eu Accession

“…The EU has been conceptualized as a regulatory state 12 and its impact has been conceptualized as a non-majoritarian transformation of governance (Maniokas 2008). Analysts refer to a non-majoritarian revolution to describe the diminishing role of elected bodies and officials, such as national parliaments, and the growing clout of semi-autonomous agencies, such as regulators and inspectors in CEE new member states.…”