1st Edition
Perceptions of the European Union in New Member States A Comparative Perspective
1. Introduction: A Europe Integrated and United—But Still Diverse? - Gabriella Ilonszki 2. History Matters: Dimensions and Determinants of National Identities among European Populations and Elites - Heinrich Best 3. Identity and Representation in the Perceptions of Political Elites and Public Opinion: A Comparison between Southern and Post-Communist Central-Eastern Europe - Miguel Jerez-Mir, José Real-Dato and Rafael Vázquez-García 4. Threat Perception and European Identity Building: The Case of Elites in Belgium, Germany, Lithuania and Poland - Irmina Matonytė and Vaidas Morkevičius 5. The Nation State and the EU in the Perceptions of Political and Economic Elites: the Case of Serbia in Comparative Perspective - Mladen Lazić and Vladimir Vuletić 6. Explaining the Attitudes of Parliamentarians towards European Integration in Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia: Party Affiliation, ‘Left–right’ Self-placement or Country Origin? – Spyridoula Nezi, Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos and Panayiota Toka 7. Identity Formation of Elites in Old and New Member States (With a Special Focus on the Czech Elite) - Zdenka Mansfeldová and Barbora Špicarová Stašková 8. Elites’ Pragmatic and Symbolic Views about European Integration - György Lengyel 9. National Discontent and EU support in Central and Eastern Europe - Gabriella Ilonszki
Biography
Gabriella Ilonszki is Professor of Political Science and Head of the Centre for Elite Studies at Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary.
