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The Enlarged European Union: Unity and Diversity

Name: The Enlarged European Union: Unity and Diversity
Author: Peter Mair
ISBN: 9781136344633

by Peter Mair (Editor), Jan Zielonka (Editor)

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Overview

The European Union will be a much more diversified entity after the forthcoming eastward enlargement. This collection of essays seeks to examine the origin, nature, scale and implications of this divergence. How much divergence is likely to be imported by the Union and will it hamper the process of European integration? The book looks at differences and similarities in the fields of macro-economics, welfare systems, democracy, institutional infrastructure, civic orientations and popular culture. The book shows that the map of convergence and divergence in the future EU will be very complex and will not correspond exactly with the old East-West divide. The book shows, in particular, that certain types of divergence can be beneficial rather than merely detrimental to the process of European integration.

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Focusing upon the emerging patterns of unity and diversity in the enlarged European Union, this study explores enlargement from the East and the impact this will have on the future identity of Europe.

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There are large and significant structural differences between the Western European nations and the Eastern European countries that are likely to be included in the expanded European Union. Mair (comparative politics, Leiden U., the Netherlands) and Zielonka (political science, European U. Institute, Italy) present nine papers that attempt to assess continuing political and economic divergence and investigate the implications. Contributors examine culture and national identity, democracy and nationalism in post-communist Europe, the integration of Eastern European markets, possibilities of retaining some social welfare in the face of liberalization, and related topics. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)