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The Czech and Slovenian EU presidencies in a comparative perspective,Used
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Slovenia and Czech Republic are the first postcommunist states that took over the six month rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2008 and 2009 respectively. Analysing these two presidencies the book offers one of the first comparative analyses of the EU experience of new, postcommunist EU members and the first analysis of their EU presidency experience. It develops a new typology of EU presidency and uses a comprehensive set of analytical tools which are applied to the investigation of case studies dealing with the key issues of each presidency such as administrative coordination, economic policy, energy policy, EU enlargement, and justice and home affairs cooperation. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Comparing the EU presidencies: a pragmatic perspective Petr Drulk 1 Institutional and political background 2. The Czech Republic as an EUmember: four dimensions of Europeanization Mats Braun 3. Slovenia as an EUmember: a Euroenthusiastic society and political elite Ladislav Cabada and rka Waisov 4. From making troubles to compliance: the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty and the Czech EU Presidency rka Matejkov 5. Public support taken for granted: the Slovenian EU Presidency, the democratic deficit, and the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty Zlatko abic 6. The executive coordination of the Czech EU Presidency: unexpectedly effective Jan Karlas 7. The executive coordination of the Slovenian EU Presidency: an honest broker Damjan Lajh Political priorities 8. Achieving unachievable goals? Impartiality, effectiveness, crisis and economic priorities of the Czech EU Presidency tepnka Zemanov and Josef Abrhm 9. Slovenia and the Lisbon Strategy: a road to a knowledge economy? Maja Bucar and Botjan Udovic 10. Europeanists in spite of themselves: energy as an Atlanticist priority of the Czech EU Presidency Vt Strteck 11. An industrious but cautious pupil: Slovenia's capacity to lead in the midst of changing European Energy Policy Tina Fistravec 12. A cherished child left out in the cold: the Czech Republic and her enlargement priority Vt Bene 13. The Slovenian EU Presidency and enlargement: the Western Balkans Agenda Zlatko abic, Mojca Mehikic and Petra Roter 14. The Czech EU Presidency in justice and home affairs: an honest broker Radka Drulkov 15. The Slovenian EU Presidency in justice and home affairs: a view from an insider David Brozina 16. Conclusions: Czech troublemakers and Slovenian role models Petr Drulk and Zlatko abic Books and articles Documents, speeches and interviews Index
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