Democratization and Europeanization of the ECE countries: Post-accession crisis and catching- up process in the new member states
Democratization and Europeanization of the ECE countries: Post-accession crisis and catching- up process in the new member states

Author(s): Attila Ágh
Subject(s): EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Kossuth Kiadó Zt.
Summary/Abstract: The proper assessment of the East-Central European (ECE) political systems presupposes a conceptual frame suitable for their particular conditions, actual timing and concrete stage in the Europeanization process. On the mental map of the current European developments in the former EU member states (EU15) as a conventional wisdom there have been some conceptual misunderstandings or misnomers concerning the new member states that can bias the assessment of current developments. First of all the mainstream literature in the West tends not to recognizing the post-accession crisis as a new phenomenon in ECE that has been provoked by the dual pressure of the EU entry and the missing social consolidation. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify the basic conditions under which the ECE developments have taken place and to set up the special conceptual frame for the description and evaluation of the ECE Europeanization process.

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