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Book SynopsisHow successful, and by what measure, has the accession of the 10 Member States in 2004 been? Reviewing European Union Accession addresses a wide range of issues, deliberately without any thematic constraints, in order to explore EU enlargement from a variety of perspectives, both scientific and geographical, internal and external. In contrast to the major works in this field, we highlight the interrelated, and often unexpected, nature of the integration process – hence the subtitle, unexpected results, spillover effects and externalities.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Introduction: Reviewing 2014, Welcoming 2017, and Envisioning 2020 Tom Hashimoto and Michael Rhimes Part 1: Law – Developing Norms 1 Towards Adverse Spillover Effect? The Judicialization of the EU and the Changing Nature of Judicial Governance after Enlargement Mariusz Jerzy Golecki 2 Europeanization of the Hungarian Legal Order: From Convergence to Cancellation? Tamas Dezso Ziegler and Balázs Horváthy 3 The Use of Referendum in Central and Eastern Europe after EU Accession Sergiu Gherghina 4 Special Economic Zones in Poland: A Black Hole Swallowing State Budget or a Messiah for Regional Development? Hiroshi Kaneko Part 2: Politics – Skepticism 5 (Dis)Trusting the European Union? On the Evolving Variety of Euroskepticism in Central and Eastern Europe Boyka Stefanova 6 Václav Klaus as a Driver of Czech Euroskepticism Vratislav Havlík and Ondřej Mocek 7 Poland and the Re-categorization of the Eurozone Entry: From a Legal Obligation to a Political Issue Anna Visvizi and Paweł Tokarski Part 3: Society – Education and Values 8 Emerging European Geographies: The Erasmus Program and Its Effect on the East–west Divide in Time of Economic Crisis Amelia Hadfield and Robert Summerby-Murray 9 Slovenian Soft Power Capabilities in the European Context: Missed Opportunities of Cultural Diplomacy and Erasmus Student Exchange Program Ana Bojinović Fenko and Jure Požgan 10 The Harmonization of Laws on Same-Sex Unions in Post-Communist Post-Accession Countries Alar Kilp Part 4: EU Policy – From Within to Without 11 Poland and the Common Security and Defense Policy: Potential Leader 207? Laura Chappell 12 Prague on a Mission: Emphasizing Democracy Promotion within EU Foreign Policy Marek Neuman 13 The Forgotten Chapter? Post-accession Development Policy of Central and Eastern Europe Simon Lightfoot and Balázs Szent-Iványi 14 Slovak Parliament’s Involvement in the EU Agenda: Kosovo’s Independence and the Policy of Non-Recognition Katarína Lezová Part 5: Russia – Beyond the EU 15 The European Union and Russia during the Two Waves of Enlargement: New Political and Implementation Rationales on Old Issues Sandra Fernandes 16 EU-Russia Cooperation on Energy Efficiency: An Unexpected Benefit of Regional Interdependence between Russia and the CEE Member States? Olga Khrushcheva 17 The European Union’s Influence over Media Discourse on Renewable Energy Sources in Russia Marianna Poberezhskaya Index
