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Acknowledgements
This special issue benefitted from financial support from the European Commission, through its Jean Monnet Programme Information and Research Grant no. 2008-3076 – a grant held by Amy Verdun. She also benefitted from a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada, Standard Research Grant 410-2008–0771. Gabriela Chira benefitted from a SSHRC 2-year postdoctoral fellowship that was on this theme, which she held at the University of Victoria from 2008 to 2009. The entire special issue benefitted from discussions and feedback received at an international workshop organized by Gabriela Chira and Amy Verdun held at the University of Victoria, Victoria BC on 16–17 January 2009 entitled ‘South East and Eastern European Countries EU Accession Quandary’, where first versions of most papers were presented. Furthermore, all contributions that follow have been subject to double-blind peer review. On behalf of all contributors of this special issue, the co-authors of this introduction wish to thank funders, conference participants and reviewers for their contribution to making this project possible.
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Verdun, A., Ruffa, C. & Chira, G. South East and Eastern European countries EU accession quandary?. Comp Eur Polit 9, 367–371 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1057/cep.2011.6
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