title: EUROPEIZAÇÃO NA PERIFERIA DA EUROPA: RELEITURA TEÓRICA A PARTIR DO CASO DA MOLDÁVIA
abstract: This study investigates the relationship between the concepts of Europeanization and European Union enlargement, proposing a reinterpretation of how norms are diffused and appropriated by states aspiring to EU membership.Throughout the text, we draw upon literature on the logics of normative internalization and contrast them with perspectives that view Europeanization as a linear, predominantly coercive dynamic, observable mainly in the post-accession phase.To this end, we conduct a theoretical 