Synopses & Reviews
As The European Union Opens Negotiations On Membership With Five Of The Ten post-communist states who have applied, this book looks at some of the challenges presented by Eastern enlargement - not only to existing member states and European institutions, but also to the Central and Eastern European countries themselves.; The approach is interdisciplinary, and brings together contributions from academic specialists on security and international relations; European institutions; the economics of european integration; and the domestic politics of Central and Eastern Europe.; The book has been structured to provide a clear and comprehensive introduction to the topic for students taking a range of courses, including European integration, the politics of post-communist democracies, and Europe's post-Cold war order.; At the same time. it will be accessible to more general readers with an interest in European Union affairs, while presenting research to specialists in the area.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-295) and index.
Table of Contents
EU policy to central and eastern Europe / Jackie Gower -- Security and democracy: the EU and central and eastern Europe / James Gow -- Enlargement and the Common Foreign and Security Policy: transforming the EU'S external identity? / Helene Sjursen -- The NATO factor: a spanner in the works of EU and WEU enlargement? / Martin A. Smith -- The challenge of EU enlargement: EU and CEE perspectives / David Phinnemore -- The pre-accession strategy and the governmental structures of the Visegrad countries / Michael Alexander Rupp -- Agricultural, structural policy, the budget and eastern enlargement of the European Union / Brian Ardy -- EU accession and labour markets in the Visegrad countries / Janice Bell and Tomasz Mickiewiscz -- "Whatever happened to the environment?": environmental issues in the eastern enlargement of the European Union / Brian Slocock -- EU enlargement and co-operation in justice and home affairs / Gerhard Eisl -- Central and east European views on EU enlargement: political debates and public opinion / Heather Grabbe and Kirsty Hughes -- Polish domestic politics and accession to the European Union / Frances Millard -- Slovakia and the democratic criteria for EU accession / Karen Henderson -- Slovenia: from Yugoslavia to the European Union / Irena Brinar -- The Baltic states and EU enlargement / Graeme P. Herd -- Future perspectives / Jackie Gower and Karen Henderson.