After the Accession … The Socio-Economic Cultures of Eastern Europe in the Enlarged Union: An Asset or a Liability?

The project aims at making a prognosis about the post-accessioncohabitation of "Western" and "Eastern" cultures in the European Unionwith a special emphasis on the differences between the now "included"and the still "excluded" countries of the former Eastern Bloc.Prediction will be based on current cultural encounters between the twohalves of Europe in the economy. Instead of relying on a simplisticscheme, in which the "strong Western" culture devours the "weakEastern" one, the ACCESS project expects to find a great variety oflasting cultural hybrids in economic and social behaviour. Thus, in anunprecedented way, Eastern Enlargement is studied in conjunction withits neglected counterpart, Western Enlargement.

Zadavatel:Bundesministerium für Auswärtige Angelegenheiten, Wien

Řešitel: János Matyas Kovács, Institut für dieWissenschaften vom Menschen, Wien
koordinátor české části: JiříVečerník