Contents
List of Illustrations VIII
Notes on Contributors IX
Introduction: Reviewing 2014, Welcoming 2017, and Envisioning 2020 1
Tom Hashimoto and Michael Rhimes
Part 1
Law – Developing Norms
1
Towards Adverse Spillover Effect? The Judicialization of the eu and the Changing Nature of Judicial Governance after Enlargement 7
Mariusz Jerzy Golecki
2
Europeanization of the Hungarian Legal Order: From Convergence to Cancellation? 24
Tamas Dezso Ziegler and Balázs Horváthy
3
The Use of Referendum in Central and Eastern Europe after eu Accession 41
Sergiu Gherghina
4
Special Economic Zones in Poland: A Black Hole Swallowing State Budget or a Messiah for Regional Development? 57
Hiroshi Kaneko
Part 2
Politics – Skepticism
5
(Dis)Trusting the European Union? On the Evolving Variety of Euroskepticism in Central and Eastern Europe 77
Boyka Stefanova
6
Václav Klaus as a Driver of Czech Euroskepticism 96
Vratislav Havlík and Ondřej Mocek
7
Poland and the Re-categorization of the Eurozone Entry: From a Legal Obligation to a Political Issue 113
Anna Visvizi and Paweł Tokarski
Part 3
Society – Education and Values
8
Emerging European Geographies: The Erasmus Program and Its Effect on the East–west Divide in Time of Economic Crisis 137
Amelia Hadfield and Robert Summerby-Murray
9
Slovenian Soft Power Capabilities in the European Context: Missed Opportunities of Cultural Diplomacy and Erasmus Student Exchange Program 158
Ana Bojinović Fenko and Jure Požgan
10
The Harmonization of Laws on Same-Sex Unions in Post-Communist Post-Accession Countries 183
Alar Kilp
Part 4
EU Policy – From Within to Without
11
Poland and the Common Security and Defense Policy: Potential Leader? 207
Laura Chappell
12
Prague on a Mission: Emphasizing Democracy Promotion within eu Foreign Policy 225
Marek Neuman
13
The Forgotten Chapter? Post-accession Development Policy of Central and Eastern Europe 243
Simon Lightfoot and Balázs Szent-Iványi
14
Slovak Parliament’s Involvement in the eu Agenda: Kosovo’s Independence and the Policy of Non-Recognition 259
Katarína Lezová
Part 5
Russia – Beyond the eu
15
The European Union and Russia during the Two Waves of Enlargement: New Political and Implementation Rationales on Old Issues 277
Sandra Fernandes
16
eu-Russia Cooperation on Energy Efficiency: An Unexpected Benefit of Regional Interdependence between Russia and the cee Member States? 293
Olga Khrushcheva
17
The European Union’s Influence over Media Discourse on Renewable Energy Sources in Russia 312
Marianna Poberezhskaya
Index 331