European Union Enlargement provides a comparative analysis of the post-war European policies of those states that joined the European Union between 1973 and 1995.
The volume draws upon new empirical research in order to investigate the policies that these 'newcomer' states have had towards Europe since 1945, with an emphasis on their experience of membership and its possible Europeanising effect. A final comparative chapter draws the national European policies of the 'newcomers' together and outlines what they have brought to the EU. The book also tests integration theories against the available evidence, demonstrating their limited explanatory value and the economic, political and cultural specificity of different national paths towards EU integration.

European Union Enlargement provides a comparative analysis of the post-war European policies of those states that joined the European Union between 1973 and 1995.
The volume draws upon new empirical research in order to investigate the policies that these 'newcomer' states have had towards Europe since 1945, with an emphasis on their experience of membership and its possible Europeanising effect. A final comparative chapter draws the national European policies of the 'newcomers' together and outlines what they have brought to the EU. The book also tests integration theories against the available evidence, demonstrating their limited explanatory value and the economic, political and cultural specificity of different national paths towards EU integration.

Wer Geschichte in ihrem Wesen begriffen hat, der weiss, dass der Gegenwart immer eine Zukunft, dass dem Heute immer ein Morgen folgt. Joern Rusen hat sich mit dem einmal Erreichten nie zufrieden gegeben, sondern hat in den vergangenen funf Jahrzehnten seit seiner Promotion an der Universitat zu Koeln immer wieder zentrale wissenschaftliche Beitrage zum besseren Begreifen der Geschichte vorgelegt. Weggefahrten sowie Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aus dem In- und Ausland, die seinen Weg weiter verfolgen, knupfen in diesem Band an Rusens OEuvre an und setzen sich mit seinen geschichtstheoretischen, geschichtsdidaktischen und kulturwissenschaftlichen Positionen produktiv auseinander.