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

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction: A Theoretical Backdrop....Pages 1-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
European Union Policies toward Accession Countries....Pages 19-39
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
Party Systems and EU Accession: Euroskepticism in East Europe....Pages 43-64
Party Ideology and European Integration: An East-West Comparison....Pages 65-82
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Support based on Values? Attitudes toward the EU in Eleven Postcommunist Societies....Pages 85-104
The Grass is Always Greener …: Mass Attitudes toward the European Union in the Czech and Slovak Republics....Pages 105-120
Knocking on Europe’s Door: Public Opinion on the EU Accession Referendum in Poland....Pages 121-143
Determinants of Support for EU-Membership in Hungary....Pages 145-164
East of Vienna, South of the Drina: Explaining the Constituencies for Europe in Southeastern Europe....Pages 165-185
Support for the European Union in the Baltic States....Pages 187-202
Attitudes toward European Integration and NATO in Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ukraine....Pages 203-216
Between East and West: Attitudes toward Political and Economic Integration in Russia and Ukraine, 1993–2001....Pages 217-240
Conclusion: The Political Consequences of Postcommunist Accession....Pages 241-252
Back Matter....Pages 253-280