This book analyzes the projection of EU rules and policies onto its western, eastern and southern neighbours. It explores the impact of EU institutions, EU power, and the domestic structures of its partner countries on the effectiveness of external governance. This book was published as a special issue in Journal of European Public Policy. 'The articles collected in this volume provide convincing proof of the potential of the externl governance approach proposed by Lavenex and Schimmelfennig, especially because of the strong empirical foundation of the case studies. Both researchers interested in a powerful approach to studying the EU's impact abroad and those looking for an assessment of the EU's influence on the specific areas studied will find this book valuable reading.' - Miguel Haubrich-Seco, The International Spectator, Vol. 46, 3, September 2011