Croatia and the European Union

Pero Maldini is an associate professor at the Department of Communication Science at University of Dubrovnik and Head of Interdisciplinary Doctoral Study of Communication Science at University of Osijek. He teaches courses in political science. His research interests are comparative politics, democratization, democratic transition, political culture and Croatian politics. Davor Pauković is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication Science at University of Dubrovnik. He received his Ph.D. in contemporary history in 2010 from the University of Zagreb. He teaches courses in contemporary Croatian and world history. He is editor in chief of international journal for social sciences & humanities Contemporary Issues.

Introduction, PeroMaldini, DavorPaukovi?; Chapter 1 Croatian Accession to the European Union, PeroMaldini; Chapter 2 Democratic Deficits, Delayed Democratization and Prolonged EU Accession, DavorPaukovi?, VišeslavRaos; Chapter 3 The Discourse on Europe, DavorPaukovi?; Chapter 4 Croatia between the “Return” to Europe and the “Remaining” in the Balkans, NebojšaBlanuša; Chapter 5 Public Support for European Integration in Croatia, IvanLandripet; Chapter 6 Remembering War the European Way, VjeranPavlakovi?; Chapter 7 Contextual and Institutional Characteristics of Croatian Accession to the European Union, NatašaBeširevi?; Chapter 8 Transformation of the Croatian Party System in the Process of EU Accession, VišeslavRaos; Chapter 9 Transformation of the Croatian Security and Defense System in the Euro-Atlantic Context, MarijanaMusladin;