Institution: | Jens Bastian is Research Officer at the Centre for European Studies, Nuffield College in Oxford. He received his Ph.D. at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. He is presently working on comparative labour market policies and carrying out a study of implementing the rule of law in Central and Eastern Europe. For suggestions on an earlier version of this article the author is indebted to Dr Serguei Grigoriev and Prof. Harry Coenen. |