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Central European History and the European Union

The Meaning of Europe

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  • © 2007

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Editors:
  1. Stanislav J. Kirschbaum

    1. Department of International Studies, Glendon College, York University, Canada

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Part of the book series: Studies in Central and Eastern Europe (SCEE)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Stanislav J. Kirschbaum
      Pages 1-7

  3. Whence Central Europe?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. European Roots: the Case of Slovakia

      • Stanislav J. Kirschbaum
      Pages 11-22

    3. Federalism in Central Europe: Past and Present

      • Francesco Leoncini
      Pages 23-31

    4. Toward an Open Society: Reflections on the 1989 Revolution in Eastern Europe

      • Oskar Gruenwald
      Pages 32-59

  4. The Legacy of the National State

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
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    2. The Secularized Cult of St Stephen in Modern Hungary

      • Juliane Brandt
      Pages 63-80

    3. The Quest for a Symbol — Wenceslas and the Czech State

      • Stefan Samerski
      Pages 81-91

    4. Moldavian Prince Stephen and Romania

      • Krista Zach
      Pages 92-101

    5. The Invention of Modern Poland: Piłsudski and the Politics of Symbolism

      • Mieczysław B. B. Biskupski
      Pages 102-122

    6. An Ethnic Poland: a Failure of National Self-determination

      • John J. Kulczycki
      Pages 123-142

  5. The Challenges of EU Membership

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 143-143
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    2. Intellectual and Political ‘Europe’: Rupture or Continuity in Central Europe?

      • Başak Z. Alpan
      Pages 145-158

    3. Euroscepticism in Central Europe

      • Laure Neumayer
      Pages 159-178

    4. Europeanization and Gender Equality in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

      • Ingrid Röder
      Pages 179-188

    5. Poland and the EU Constitutional Convention

      • An Schrijvers
      Pages 189-214

    6. The EU and Interculturality in Croatia after 2000

      • Mojmir Križan
      Pages 215-236

    7. Conclusion

      • Stanislav J. Kirschbaum
      Pages 237-247

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 248-258
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About this book

This is a volume of scholarly essays that considers the meaning of Europe by examining aspects of Central European history as well as issues dealing with the EU's enlargement into Central Europe. These factors contribute to ideas of a definition of Europe that reflects the values and aspirations of all its citizens.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of International Studies, Glendon College, York University, Canada

    Stanislav J. Kirschbaum

About the editor

BASAK Z. ALPAN Doctoral Candidate and Research Student, Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham, UK M. B. B. BISKUPSKI S. A. Blejwas Endowed Chair in Polish History, Central Connecticut State University, USA JULIANE BRANDT Researcher, Institute for German Culture and History in South East Europe (IKGS), Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany OSKAR GRUENWALD Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, Canada MOJMIR KRI AN Freelancer, Germany JOHN J. KULCZYCKI Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA FRANCESCO LEONCINI Professor of Slavic History and of Central European History, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Venice, Italy LAURE NEUMAYER Assistant Professor of Political Science, l'Université de Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne, France INGRID RÖDER PhD-Researcher, Jean Monnet Centre for European Studies, University of Bremen, Germany STEFAN SAMERSKI Professor, Catholic Faculty, Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich, Germany AN SCHRIJVERS Research Assistant and PhD Candidate, Centre for European Union Studies, Department of Political Science, Ghent University, Belgium KRISTA ZACH Visiting Professor for European Studies in History, Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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