Central European History and the European Union

STANISLAV J. KIRSCHBAUM is Professor of International Studies at York University, Glendon College in Toronto, Canada and a specialist on Central European politics. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada .

• Introduction; S.J.Kirschbaum PART I: WHENCE CENTRAL EUROPE? European Roots: The Case of Slovakia; S.J.Kirschbaum Federalism in Central Europe: Past and Present; L.Francesco Toward an Open Society: Reflections on the 1989 Revolution; O.Gruenwald PART II: THE LEGACY OF THE NATIONAL STATE St. Stephen's Cult in Modern Hungary; J.Brandt The Quest for a Symbol: Wenceslas and the Czech State; S.Samerski Moldavian Prince Stephen and Romania; K.Zach The Invention of Modern Poland: Pilsudski and the Politics of Symbolism; M.B.B.Biskupski An Ethnic Poland: A Failure of National Self-Determination; J.J.Kulczycki PART III: THE CHALLENGES OF EU MEMBERSHIP Intellectual and Political "Europe": Rupture or Continuity in Central Europe?; B.Alpan Euroscepticism; L.Neumayer Europeanization and Gender Equality; I.Röder Poland and the EU Constitutional Convention; A.Schrijvers The EU and Interculturality in Croatia; M.Krizan Conclusion; S.J.Kirschbaum