The Nexus between Democracy, Collective Identity Formation, and EU Enlargement

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Authors: Guasti, Petra, Jessie Hronešová, Zdenka Mansfeldová (eds.)
As an outcome of a five-year international research project “RECON – Reconstituting democracy in Europe”, this volume presents country case studies of Central and East European countries and comparative findings from research on the transformation of collective...
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Introduction: Democratization, Collective Identity Formation, and the EU Enlargement

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Authors: Trenz, Hans-Jörg, Zdenka Mansfeldová, Petra Guasti, Jessie Hronešová
The chapter attempts to clarify the concept of collective identity and its intrinsic relationship to democracy. Further on, there arediscussed possible configurations of democracy in the European Union that give expression to different national, supra-national, or post-national i...
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‘It’s the Economy, Stupid’ Popular Support for EU Accession in the Czech Republic

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Authors: Lyons, Pat
In this article, a comparison is made between economic and identity explanations of preferences toward EU membership in the Czech Republic. This research demonstrates that economics rather then identity is a more powerful explanation of public opinion toward accession. The result...
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Revolta stylem: Hudební subkultury mládeže v současné ČR

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Authors: Kolářová, Marta (ed.)
The book focuses on subcultures, in particular on youth music subcultures in the contemporary Czech Republic. It presents traditional and postmodern theories and approaches to the study of subcultures that have been developed both in the Western and Czech post-socialist contexts....
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Jak se žije Čechům v současné Evropě

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Authors: Pospíšilová, Jaroslava, Krulichová, Eva a kol.
Globální svět čelí vážným společenským problémům, jejichž dopady můžeme vidět i v Evropě. Evropská unie, jejímž hlavním posláním je udržování míru a prosperity v rámci všech členských států, se ukázala být velmi nesourodým uskupením, které jen těžko nachází shodu na řešení komple...
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