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Public Opinion, Party Competition, and the European Union in Post-Communist Europe

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  • © 2006

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  1. Robert Rohrschneider
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  2. Stephen Whitefield
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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction: A Theoretical Backdrop

    1. Introduction: A Theoretical Backdrop

      • Robert Rohrschneider, Stephen Whitefield
      Pages 1-15

  3. The Policy Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. European Union Policies toward Accession Countries

      • Beate Sissenich
      Pages 19-39

  4. The Party Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. Party Systems and EU Accession: Euroskepticism in East Europe

      • Jack Bielasiak
      Pages 43-64

    3. Party Ideology and European Integration: An East-West Comparison

      • Gary Marks, Liesbet Hooghe, Moira Nelson, Erica Edwards
      Pages 65-82

  5. Public Opinion about European Integration

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Support based on Values? Attitudes toward the EU in Eleven Postcommunist Societies

      • Jörg Jacobs, Detlef Pollack
      Pages 85-104

    3. The Grass is Always Greener …: Mass Attitudes toward the European Union in the Czech and Slovak Republics

      • Petr Kopecký, Joop van Holsteyn
      Pages 105-120

    4. Knocking on Europe’s Door: Public Opinion on the EU Accession Referendum in Poland

      • Krzysztof Jasiewicz
      Pages 121-143

    5. Determinants of Support for EU-Membership in Hungary

      • Attila Fölsz, Gábor Tóka
      Pages 145-164

    6. East of Vienna, South of the Drina: Explaining the Constituencies for Europe in Southeastern Europe

      • Alina Mungiu-Pippidi
      Pages 165-185

    7. Support for the European Union in the Baltic States

      • Stephen Whitefield, Robert Rohrschneider, Rasa Alisauskiene
      Pages 187-202

    8. Attitudes toward European Integration and NATO in Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ukraine

      • Matthew Loveless, Robert Rohrschneider
      Pages 203-216

    9. Between East and West: Attitudes toward Political and Economic Integration in Russia and Ukraine, 1993–2001

      • Stephen Whitefield
      Pages 217-240

    10. Conclusion: The Political Consequences of Postcommunist Accession

      • Robert Rohrschneider, Stephen Whitefield
      Pages 241-252

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 253-280
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Investigating public scepticism in Eastern Europe towards the EU, this book examines how citizens' and parties' responses to integration have been affected by economic, social, institutional and historical circumstances. Focusing on the importance of normative and instrumental bases of support and opposition for integration provides great insight.

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"European integration used to be crafted by a small elite, but today it is increasingly a function of party politics and broad public pressure. This is particularly so in countries that have recently built democracy on the ashes of communism and decided to join the European Union. Using extensive data from the region the book examines the complex politics of EU accession and shows how Eastern European citizens and parties respond to the process of European integration. Rohrschneider and Whitefield assembled a group of outstanding analysts from both parts of Europe and the United States. The book gives ample space to both theoretical and empirical considerations. The analysis of various strands of Euroscepticism is particularly revealing. The book will be essential reading for scholars and students of Eastern Europe and the process of European integration." - Jan Zielonka, Oxford University

About the authors

ROBERT ROHRSCHNEIDER is a Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA.

STEPHEN WHITEFIELD is the Fellow in Politics at Pembroke College, Oxford University, UK.

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