Central and Eastern Europe in the EU : Challenges and Perspectives under Crisis Conditions

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction: the EU under crisis conditions: Central and Eastern European perspectives -- The eurozone sovereign debt crisis -- Brexit -- The refugee crisis and the migration challenge -- Positioning the CEEs in a changing environment -- References -- Part I: Central and Eastern Europe in the EU's changing internal and external dimension -- 2. Positioning the CEE region in the EU's core-periphery divide -- Introduction -- EU accession and 'adaptive Europeanisation' through conditionality -- Declining EU legitimacy and transition "backsliding" -- The poisoned chalice of German leadership in the EU -- Conclusion: avoiding the permanent peripheralisation of the CEEs -- References -- 3. A rift in European integration? Neglected shadows of the Central and Eastern European transformation -- Introduction -- Conceptual framework -- The historical legacy of 'in-betweenness' -- The model of capitalism in Central and Eastern Europe -- Societal embeddedness of economic transformation -- Woundedness and victimization -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4. Perpetual crises, the return of geopolitics and the emergence of a new normalcy in Central Europe -- Introduction -- Placing the V4 in an increasingly fragile context -- V4 and their economic performance: catching up and backsliding -- Visegrád 4: political turmoil -- Conclusion -- References -- 5. Central European relations in turbulent times -- Introduction -- Trade relations -- The Central European manufacturing core -- German FDI inflows into V4 after the 2008 global crisis -- The Hungarian case -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- Notes -- References -- Part II: National perspectives: between good citizenship and backsliding.