Introduction

Stanislav J. Kirschbaum

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European roots

the case of Slovakia

Stanislav J. Kirschbaum

11-22

Federalism in central Europe

past and present

Francesco Leoncini

23-31

Toward an open society

reflections on the 1989 revolution in Eastern Europe

Oskar Gruenwald

32-59

The secularized cult of st stephen in modern Hungary

Juliane Brandt

63-80

The quest for a symbol

Wenceslas and the Czech state

Stefan Samerski

81-91

Moldavian Prince Stephen and Romania

Krista Zach

92-101

The invention of modern Poland

Piłsudski and the politics of symbolism

Mieczysław B. Biskupski

102-122

An ethnic Poland

a failure of national self-determination

John J. Kulczycki

123-142

Intellectual and political "Europe"

rupture or continuity in central Europe?

Başak Z. Alpan

145-158

Euroscepticism in central Europe

Laure Neumayer

159-178

Europeanization and gender equality in the Czech republic and Slovakia

Ingrid Röder

179-188

Poland and the EU constitutional convention

An Schrijvers

189-214

The EU and interculturality in Croatia after 2000

Mojmir Križan

215-236

Conclusion

Stanislav J. Kirschbaum

237-247