The politics of EU accession
Subtitle: ideology, party strategy and the European question in Hungary
By: Agnes Batory.
Series: Europe in change
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Manchester; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780719075285
Subjects: European Union -- Membership; Political parties -- Hungary -- History -- 20th century; Political parties -- Hungary -- History -- 21st century; Hungary -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Hungary -- Politics and government -- 21st century; European Union countries -- Politics and government -- 20th century; European Union countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century
Description: "The Politics of EU Accession is a study of European Union enlargement and of politics in a new member state - Hungary. How do parties adopt and change positions on the European question? How do they balance the demands that ideology, voters and participation in coalition government place on them? What are the sources of Euroscepticism, and how deep and widespread is it among the parties and the public?" "This book addresses these questions by analysing the politics of Hungary's accession to the EU, from the early 1990s to 2004. It provides a conceptually grounded yet accessible analysis of the way questions related to European Union membership, and European integration in general, are channelled into political life. It also provides one of the first English-language introductions to the government and politics of Hungary since the fall of communism." "The Politics of EU Accession will be of interest to both academics and a broader audience concerned with party politics in Central and Eastern Europe, and with the contestation of European integration in EU member states."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [154]-171) and index.
Table of contents: title: The contestation of European integration in national politics; title: A short political history of modern Hungary; title: Party ideology and attitudes to Europe; title: Public opinion; title: Parties and voters; title: The government-opposition relationship; title: The politics of coalition-building; title: The referendum on EU membership.