The enlarged European Union
Subtitle: diversity and adaptation
By: editors, Peter Mair, Jan Zielonka.
Contributors: Mair, Peter.; Zielonka, Jan, 1955-
Publisher: F. Cass
Published: 2002
Place of publication: London; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Group identity -- Europe.; National characteristics, European.; European Union countries -- Emigration and immigration.; European Union countries -- Ethnic relations.; European Union countries -- Economic integration.; Europe -- Politics and government -- 1989-; European Union countries -- Social policy.
Description: "The European Union will be a much more diversified entity after the forthcoming eastward enlargement. This collection of essays seeks to examine the origin, nature, scale and implications of this divergence. How much divergence is likely to be imported by the Union and will it hamper the process of European integration? The book looks at differences and similarities in the fields of macro-economics, welfare systems, democracy, institutional infrastructure, civic orientations and popular culture. The book shows that the map of convergence and divergence in the future EU will be very complex and will not correspond exactly with the old East-West divide. The book shows, in particular, that certain types of divergence can be beneficial rather than merely detrimental to the process of European integration."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : diversity and adaptation in the enlarged European Union / Jan Zielonka and Peter Mair; title: Eastern enlargement of the European Union and the identity of Europe / Dieter Fuchs and Hans-Dieter Klingemann; title: Culture and national identity : 'the East' and European integration / David D. Laitin; title: Discomforts of victory : democracy, liberal values, and nationalism in post-communist Europe / Vladimir Tismaneanu; title: Making institutions in Central and Eastern Europe, and the impact of Europe / Darina Malova and Tim Haughton; title: Making markets and eastern enlargement : diverging convergence? / Laszlo Bruszt; title: Health not wealth : enlarging the EMU / Daniel Gros; title: The welfare state in transition economies and accession to the EU / Hans-Jürgen Wagener; title: Approaching the EU and reaching the US? : rival narratives on transforming welfare regimes in East-Central Europe / János Mátyás Kovács.