The accession of eight post-communist countries of Central and
Eastern Europe (and also of Malta and Cyprus) to the European Union
in 2004 has been heralded as perhaps the most important development
in the history of European integration so far. While the impact of
the enlargement on the constitutional structures and practices of
the EU has already generated a rich scholarly literature, the
influence of the accession on constitutionalism, democracy, human
rights and the rule of law among the new member states has been
largely ignored. This book fills this gap, and addresses the
question of the consequences of the "external force" of European
enlargement upon the understanding and practice of democracy and
the rule of law and among both the main legal-political actors and
the general public in the new member-states. A number of leading
legal scholars, sociologists and political scientists, both from
Central and Eastern Europe and from outside, address these issues
in a systematic and critical way. Taken together, these essays help
answer a fundamental question: does the European Union have the
potential of promoting and consolidate democracy and human
rights?
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