The ENP : a brief overview of implementing instruments and documents
Implementation gaps and variance in the neighbourhood : a research puzzle
Minding the gap : existing literature on the ENP
Objectives of the book
Themes of the book : implementation of EU external policies and local actors in the Mediterranean neighbourhood
Contribution to the field
Structure of the book
Explaining implementation in the neighbourhood : a governance approach
Implementation theory and EU external policy making
Implementation dynamics and external policies : in search of an analytical framework
Implementation and domestic actors : looking for explanatory variables
Hypotheses : when, how and why domestic actors influence ENP implementation
Case selection : the ENP in Tunisia and Morocco
Methodology
Key findings
The implementation of ENP programs in Morocco and Tunisia : the role of domestic political actors
Tradition and state-penetrated pluralism : domestic political actors in Morocco
The implementation of ENP programs in Morocco : the role of domestic political actors
Exclusionary politics and myth of reformism : domestic political actors in Tunisia
The implementation of ENP programs in Tunisia : the role of domestic political actors
Preliminary comparative conclusions
The Arab uprisings and domestic political actors : what impact on the implementation of the ENP?
The effect of the Arab uprisings in Morocco : change or immunity?
The implementation of ENP programs in Morocco after 2011 : the role of domestic political actors
The jasmine revolution and the regime change in Tunisia
The implementation of ENP programs in Tunisia after 2011 : the role of domestic political actors
Preliminary comparative conclusions
The implementation of ENP programs in Morocco and Tunisia : the role of administration and its capacity
Bottlenecks and over-centralization : administration in Morocco
The impact of the Arab uprisings on Morocco's administration and its capacity
Moroccan administrative capacity and the implementation of ENP programs
Strong bureaucracy and tight top-down management : administrative capacity in Tunisia
The impact of the Arab uprisings on Tunisian administration and its capacity
Tunisian administrative capacity and the implementation of ENP programs
Preliminary comparative conclusions
The role of civil society in Morocco and Tunisia : the implementation of the ENP
Spaces of freedom and boundaries of co-optation : civil society in Morocco
The implementation of the ENP in Morocco and the role of civil society before 2011
Tunisia : a stifled civil society between repression and legislative restrictions
The implementation of the ENP in Tunisia and the role of civil society before the Arab uprisings
The awakening of civil society and the implementation of the ENP after 2011.