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Author Sissenich, Beate, 1970-

Title Building states without society : European Union enlargement and the transfer of EU social policy to Poland and Hungary / Beate Sissenich
Published Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, c2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 237 p.)
Contents Introduction: transferring rules across borders -- Cross-national rule transfer: state capacity and organized interests -- Conditions for rule transfer at the source -- Rule adoption in Poland and Hungary -- Mapping the network of EU social policy and enlargement -- State building and the politics of social influence -- The weakness of interest mediation in Central and Eastern Europe -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: List of interviews -- Appendix 2: Constructing the social network database
Summary Focusing on the 2004 enlargement of the European Union, Building States without Society highlights the real limits of cross-national rule transfer even when power is uneven between rule-makers and rule-takers
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-230) and index
Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed
Subject European Union -- Membership.
European Union -- Poland
European Union -- Hungary
European Union -- Europe, Eastern
SUBJECT European Union fast
Subject Federal government -- European Union countries
European cooperation.
LAW -- International.
European cooperation
Federal government
Membership requirements
Social policy
Social policy -- International cooperation
SUBJECT European Union countries -- Social policy -- International cooperation
Poland -- Social policy -- 21st century
Hungary -- Social policy -- 21st century
European Economic Community countries -- Social policy -- International cooperation
Subject Eastern Europe
European Union countries
Hungary
Poland
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021678624
ISBN 9780739152713
0739152718