This book examines the influence of the EU on party politics in the ten 'new' EU countries from a variety of perspectives and using a range of empirical sources. The book thus makes an original and distinctive contribution both to contemporary EU studies and to the literature on CE party systems and party development.

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KJETIL DUVOLD Doctoral Candidate, University of Örebro, Sweden ZSOLT ENYEDI Associate Professor, Central European University, Hungary RAZVAN GRECU Department of Political Science, National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania KAREN HENDERSON Senior Lecturer, University of Leicester, UK JANIS IKSTENS Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Latvia MINDAUGAS JURKYNAS Research Fellow, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University, Lithuania ALENKA KRA OVEC Assistant Professor and Chair of Policy Analysis and Public Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia DAMJAN LAJH Researcher, Centre for Political Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia SIMONA KUSTEC-LIPICER Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chair of Policy Analysis and Policy Analysis, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia LUKÁ LINEK Researcher, Department of the Sociology of Politics, Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic RADOSLAW MARKOWSKI Political Scientist and Sociologist and Head of the Electoral Studies Section, Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences and Chair of the Department of Political Science, Warsaw School of Social Psychology, Poland ALLAN SIKK Research Fellow in Political Science, University of Tartu, Estonia DRAGOMIR STOYANOV Research Student, Sofia University 'St. Kliment Ohridski', Bulgaria

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List of Tables List of Figures Notes on Contributors The EU and Party Politics in Central and Eastern Europe: Questions and Issues; P.G.Lewis The Impact of the EU on the Czech Party System; L.Linek & Z.Mansfeldová From 'Sexy Men' to 'Socialists Gone Nuts': The European Union and Estonian Party Politics; A.Sikk Playing with Europe: The Impact of European Integration on the Hungarian Party System; Z.Enyedi Does Europe Matter?: The EU and Latvia's Political Parties; J.Ikstens Europeanization without Party Involvement: The Case of Lithuania; K.Duvold & M.Jurkynas EU Membership and the Polish Party System; R.Markowski Slovak Political Parties and the EU: From Symbolic Politics to Policies; K.Henderson The European Union and Party Politics in Slovenia: An Apparent or Real Impact?; A.Kraovec, D.Lajh & S.Kustec-Lipicer The Impact of EU Integration on the Bulgarian Party System; D.Stoyanov Accession without Integration? The Impact of EU Enlargement on the Romanian Party System; R.Grecu The Impact of the European Union on Party Politics in Central and Eastern Europe; Z.Enyedi & P.G.Lewis Index