Central European History and the European Union

1. Introduction
Stanislav J. Kirschbaum

Part I. Whence Central Europe?

2. European Roots: the Case of Slovakia
Stanislav J. Kirschbaum

3. Federalism in Central Europe: Past and Present
Francesco Leoncini

4. Toward an Open Society: Reflections on the 1989 Revolution in Eastern Europe
Oskar Gruenwald

Part II. The Legacy of the National State

5. The Secularized Cult of St Stephen in Modern Hungary
Juliane Brandt

6. The Quest for a Symbol — Wenceslas and the Czech State
Stefan Samerski

7. Moldavian Prince Stephen and Romania
Krista Zach

8. The Invention of Modern Poland: Piłsudski and the Politics of Symbolism
Mieczysław B. B. Biskupski

9. An Ethnic Poland: a Failure of National Self-determination
John J. Kulczycki

Part III. The Challenges of EU Membership

10. Intellectual and Political ‘Europe’: Rupture or Continuity in Central Europe?
Başak Z. Alpan

11. Euroscepticism in Central Europe
Laure Neumayer

12. Europeanization and Gender Equality in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Ingrid Röder

13. Poland and the EU Constitutional Convention
An Schrijvers

14. The EU and Interculturality in Croatia after 2000
Mojmir Križan

15. Conclusion
Stanislav J. Kirschbaum

Keywords: Political Science and International Relations, European Union Politics, European Politics, Political Science, European History, International Relations