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

Public Opinion, Political Parties and European Integration: The Theoretical Backdrop; R.Rohrschneider & S.Whitefield PART I: THE POLICY CONTEXT European Union Policies Towards Accession Countries; B.Sissenich PART II: THE PARTY CONTEXT Party Systems and EU Accessions: Euroscepticism in East Europe; J.Bielasiak Party Ideology and European Integration: An East-West Comparison; G.Marks, L.Hooghe, M.Nelson & E.Edwards PART III: PUBLIC OPINION ABOUT EUROPEAN INTEGRATION Support Based on Values? Attitudes Towards the EU in Eleven Post-Communist Societies; J.Jacobs & D.Pollack The Grass is Always Greener: Mass Attitudes Towards the European Union in the Czech and Slovak Republics; P.Kopecky & J.Van Holsteyn Knocking on Europe's Door: Public Opinion on the EU Accession Referendum in Poland; K.Jasiewicz Determinants of Support for EU-Membership in Hungary; A.Fölsz & G.Tóka East of Vienna, South of Drina: Explaining the Constituencies for Europe in South-Eastern Europe; A.Mungiu-Pippidi Support for the European Union in the Baltic States; S.Whitefield, R.Rohrschneider & R.Alisauskiene Attitudes Toward European Integration and NATO in Hungary, Bulgaria, and Ukraine; M.Loveless & R.Rohrschneider Between East and West: Attitudes Towards Political and Economic Integration in Russia and Ukraine, 1993-2001; S.Whitefield Conclusion; R.Rohrschneider & S.Whitefield