Author: Piotr Jaworski
Publisher: University of London School of Slavonic & East European Studies
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 196

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Author: Martin A. Smith
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351783157
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 198

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This title was fist published in 2000: A fresh and original study of EU and NATO enlargement, which sets both in a comparative context and considers them against a backdrop of the evolution of a pan-European security community. The book is divided into two parts. In part one the authors examine and discuss the EU and NATO enlargement processes and the ’incremental linkage’ which has developed between them. The major issues and challenges facing the two institutions as they ponder the next steps in enlargement are also assessed. Part two includes separate chapters on the post-Cold War evolution of the EU and NATO overall. These discussions focus on their strengths and limitations in contributing to the broader and more co-operative kind of European security which the end of the Cold War makes possible. The final chapters examine a number of possible scenarios under which the EU and NATO either succeed or fail in contributing significantly to the development of a new European security order.

Author: Simona Guerra
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 650

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Author: Anna Visvizi
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000228533
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284

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By all accounts, the case of Poland and its segue to market economy and democracy is a success story: 30 years of uninterrupted growth and development, infrastructure expansion, and modernization of the economy and society. Epochal changes have unfolded in a timespan of merely three decades. Change has taken place so fast that children born in late 1980s and onwards cannot remember what life in Poland under communism was like and cannot relate to it. Also, many elderly people, easy victims of romanticizing their own youth, tend to forget. As a result, the uniqueness of Polish transition and transformation, the boldness and efficiency of reforms, and the success that Polish society mastered together, tend to be undermined today both domestically and internationally. Poland has now been a member of the EU for more than 15 years. During that time, Poland’s image on the EU scene evolved from newcomer, through ‘model child’, champion of growth, to – in some respects – a maverick. This volume’s objective is to remind society, old and young, researchers, scholars and practitioners, that Poland’s success is an outcome of well-thought out and bold structural reforms implemented in a swift and timely manner, of society’s support for these reforms, and of third actors’ benign assistance. Looking back on the 30 years since the collapse of communism, and at the over 15 years of EU membership, this book offers an interdisciplinary, comprehensive and critical insight into factors and processes that have led to today’s Poland.

Author: Włodzimierz Wesołowski
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788376830285
Category : Elite (Social sciences)
Languages : en
Pages : 217

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Author: John D Nagle
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761956792
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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This wide-ranging overview of the processes of democratization in post-Communist Europe, places the transitions in East-Central Europe within a broad European and global context. The authors begin with a introduction to the concept and theories of democracy and then examine the emerging politics of the new democracies to set the post-Communist transitions in longer-term comparative perspective with earlier and existing processes of democratization in Southern Europe, Latin America, and East and Southeast Asia. Finally the politics of EU accession are introduced to place the transitions within the wider context of European integration. Concluding with a summary of recent critiques of modern democ

Author: Eliza Przezdziecka
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Last three years brought significant changes in the Polish economy. Poland's accession to the European Union in May 2004 has strongly affected all sectors of the economy. Those changes were expected before EU enlargement, but not precisely assessed. Before Poland joined EU, many estimations and analysis of the implications of the EU enlargement for new-comers were made. For example, on the basis of traditional as well as new theories of international trade E. Czarny and G. Lang (2001) concluded that human capital and capital intensive industries suffer after first of May 2004, concurrently income distribution in Poland significantly changes after all. From the present point of view, and three year experience of EU membership, there is a proper stage for evaluation of the short-run effects of the Poland's EU accession. Recent changes in Polish economy are assessed in terms of the labor market, international trade, and labor productivity. Comparing the previous findings, based mostly on the theories of trade, to the statistics of changes of the Polish economy in 2005 and 2006, we pointed out some conclusions concerning how expectations, assumptions and theoretical simulations are able to foreseen real economies of integration.

Author: Gérard Marcou
Publisher: Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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Author: V. Handl
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 106

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Author: Sergiusz Trzeciak
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136622608
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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This book examines the process of Poland’s accession negotiations to the European Union between 1998-2003. An empirical study based on Robert Putnam’s two-level game model, it charts the influence and role of key domestic actors and groups on the negotiations especially in three critical, controversial, areas - areas where EU accession threatened to bring about a profound transformation to Polish life - agriculture, with particular emphasis on direct payments and production quotas; the purchase of real estate by foreigners; and the free movement of labour. This book demonstrates the complex interaction between the domestic and international level of negotiations and furthermore, shows how critical this link can be to negotiation outcomes at the international level. It reveals how susceptible Poland’s negotiation process was to domestic pressure, particularly public opinion and interest groups. Drawing heavily on qualitative analysis – such as press releases, news wires, policy documents, as well as quantitative analyses, such as the use of opinion polls, and supported by in-depth, unrestricted interviews with key Polish decision-makers, this book examines the dynamics of policy formation in Poland and shows how this translated into the final conditions of accession.