The European Union and party politics in Central and Eastern Europe

Eight former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe joined the European Union in 2004 and two more are scheduled to do so in 2007.

This book examines the influence of the EU on party politics in all ten countries from a variety of perspectives and using a range of empirical sources.

The book thus makes an original and distinctive contribution both to contemporary EU studies and to the literature on CE party systems and party development.