ABSTRACT
Since the onset of the global financial crisis in 2008, the EU has been in almost permanent crisis mode. It is witnessing new dimensions of internal differentiation among its member states, and the migration crisis has shown that the Central and Eastern European countries (CEEs) in particular are slowly but certainly transforming themselves from predominantly passive policy-takers towards becoming more active players in the process of shaping the EU’s governance agenda.
This edited volume offers the first comprehensive and critical insight into how the CEEs position themselves in the EU’s changing internal and external environment, their stance towards the European integration process under current crisis conditions, and what political and economic strategies they prioritize.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|8 pages
Introduction
part I|63 pages
Central and Eastern Europe in the EU’s changing internal and external dimension
chapter 3|19 pages
A rift in European integration?
part II|91 pages
National perspectives: between good citizenship and backsliding
chapter 9|15 pages
The politics of internal and external migration in the enlarged EU
chapter 11|14 pages
The new kid on the block
part III|50 pages
The Visegrád cooperation – challenges for a semi-institutionalised regional group