Life in Post-Communist Eastern Europe after EU Membership - Happy Ever After? (Hardcover)

This book examines how membership of the European Union has affected life in the ten former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe that are now members of the European Union. It attempts to answer some fundamental questions: Was the reward of EU membership worth the sacrifices made? How have the new member states fared? Has the promise of EU membership, on which so many expectations were based, been realised? Or have the new member states traded a Socialist Commonwealth with Moscow pulling the strings for an over-centralised Brussels bureaucracy that lacks transparency and accountability? How has a shared communist past influenced the countries' post-socialist and post-accession trajectory? How have the populations of post-communist Europe fared? Have some done better than others? Are these divergences confined to the political, economic or social spheres, or to more than one? If there have been disappointments, how have the populations reacted to these? By taking stock of debates within domestic elites, popular opinion, non-governmental organisations, civil society, and external actors, this book seeks to answer these crucial questions.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series
Release date:	May 2012
First published:	2012
Editors:	Donnacha O Beachain • Vera Sheridan • Sabina Stan
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	238
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-68084-4
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > International institutions > EU & European institutions
LSN:	0-415-68084-0
Barcode:	9780415680844

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