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9781403975263

Public Opinion, Party Competition, And the European Union in Post-communist Europe

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    9781403975263

  • ISBN10:

    1403975264

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-08-08
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

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Summary

Investigating public and elite skepticism in Eastern Europe towards the European Union, this important book examines how citizens and parties responses to integration has been affected by economic, social, institutional, and historical circumstances. The careful focus on the importance normative and instrumental bases of support and opposition for integration provides great insight.

Author Biography

Robert Rohrschneider is a Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington. Stephen Whitefield is the Fellow in Politics at Pembroke College, Oxford University.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figuresp. vi
Acknowledgmentsp. viii
Introduction: A Theoretical Backdropp. 1
The Policy Context
European Union Policies toward Accession Countriesp. 19
The Party Context
Party Systems and EU Accession: Euroskepticism in East Europep. 43
Party Ideology and European Integration: An East-West Comparisonp. 65
Public Opinion about European Integration
Support Based on Values? Attitudes toward the EU in Eleven Postcommunist Societiesp. 85
The Grass Is Always Greener...: Mass Attitudes toward the European Union in the Czech and Slovak Republicsp. 105
Knocking on Europe's Door: Public Opinion on the EU Accession Referendum in Polandp. 121
Determinants of Support for EU-Membership in Hungaryp. 145
East of Vienna, South of the Drina: Explaining the Constituencies for Europe in Southeastern Europep. 165
Support for the European Union in the Baltic Statesp. 187
Attitudes toward European Integration and NATO in Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ukrainep. 203
Between East and West: Attitudes toward Political and Economic Integration in Russia and Ukraine, 1993-2001p. 217
Conclusion: The Political Consequences of Postcommunist Accessionp. 241
Notes on Contributorsp. 253
Referencesp. 259
Indexp. 275
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