R. H. Linden has edited a book with a clear theme and with an intriguiging title. The overall theme is coherent in showing how, why and to what degree the norms of the International Organizations have become entrenched in the Central and East European Countries.

Seer

A very good book-theoretically grounded, empirically rich, and wide ranging.

European Integration

Norms and Nannies will stimulate..discussions through its innovative findings, both in theory and research. It will also encourage them through its appealing style...

International Studies Review

This book makes a welcome and useful contribution to the debate on the post-communist transformation and Europeanization of CEE states, primarily because of its wide-ranging and informed coverage of many of the issues that remain on these states' political agenda.

European Foreign Affairs Review

Norms and Nannies stands out because of its integration of political theory in the economic and social environment of the CEEC. The relevant issues are described with clarity, which makes the analysis understandable to professionals from the disciplines of economics, law, international relations, foreign policy, and development studies. The theoretical part of the book reveals that the targeted audience is students of political science, but the book also provides useful information for the aforementioned disciplines.

Perspectives on Political Science