Expanding European unity--Central and Eastern Europe
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Expanding European unity--Central and Eastern Europe
（Yearbook of European studies = Annuaire d'études européennes / edited for the Department of European Studies at the Universtity of Amsterdam by J.Th. Leerssen, 11）
Rodopi, 1999
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Description
Since the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989 the former Communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe have been pushing for a quick 'return to Europe'. The project of 'expanding European unity' is in full progress, however, so far none of the former Soviet bloc countries have been able to join the European Union. Technical problems, related to financial management and administrative matters, still have to be overcome, but more fundamental issues are also at stake: what are the borders of Central and Eastern Europe? And will the eastward expansion of the European Union be conducted on the basis of western images and stereotypes of `the East'? This volume examines the state of affairs after ten years of attempts to further enlarge the Union. Written by authors from 'the East' as well as 'the West' some of the articles focus on the general issue of how to distinguish between Western, Central and Eastern Europe, while others discuss the specific situation of the countries that are closest to joining the European Union: Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary.
Table of Contents
From the Editors. Authors in this volume. Introduction. W.H. ROOBOL: Central Europe: Concepts and Reality. Erik DIRKSEN: CEE and the Economic Aspects of Accession to the EU. Kristian GERNER: King Arthur, Charlemagne and Soros: Aggression and Integration in Europe. Laszlo MARACZ: Guarding the Hungarian Language and Identity in the New Europe: 'The Nation Lives in its Language'. J.W. VAN DER MEULEN: Euregions in Central Europe: The Polish Experience. Peter BUGGE: Longing or Belonging? Czech Perceptions of Europe in the Inter-War Years and Today. Bert WISKIE: Poland's Long Desired Return to Europe. Gyoergy EGER: The Two-Sided Mirror: Ethnic Preferences in Some Central European Border Regions.
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