other Central and East European Countries (CEECs). This article develops a theory of the political economy of populism in … CEECs, arguing that these countries' dependence on foreign capital constrained them to follow (neo)liberal economic policies …

The paper deals with the effects of migration resulting from EU eastern enlargement on the welfare states of Western … flexible, the introduction of delayed integration of working migrants and the home-country principle for non-working migrants … is a rational reaction of the state. The proposed new EU constitution, which contains far-reaching rules for a European …

This study attempted to identify how regional integration and spatial enlargement would affect firms’ strategic … European states before and after the enlargement of the EU. The initial findings show that the number of new investments …, this study examined the specific properties of Korean trade and FDI flows to the participating 5 CEECs and 5 western …

. I analyze the change in student achievement due to the EU accession of Eastern Europe building on a panel of six PISA … and statistically significant link of EU membership to reading scores by one decile of a standard deviation. Mediation … analysis suggests school efficiency, family wealth, and family structure as key transmitters of EU membership to student …

integration process. The latter is undoubtedly associated with profound changes in the form and role of borders between states and … removed. The main idea of the integration process is not to settle barriers, but to attenuate them. From this perspective … to a point. Internal borders do not simply become more open, more inclusive; there is an integration process taking place …

. The conclusion is that, despite similarities with Southern Europe in some areas, overall developments in Eastern Europe … were different and led to convergence rather than divergence. Important reasons for this were Eastern Europe's relatively …

countries of the European Union - and the more likely their chances of successful integration.Joining the European Union (EU) is … their legal and regulatory systems to EU requirements but on how well and quickly they bridge the wide income gaps between … CEE and EU countries.Using a model and cross-section data to develop estimates, Barbone and Zalduendo investigate how …

. I analyze the change in student achievement due to the EU accession of Eastern Europe building on a panel of six PISA … and statistically significant link of EU membership to reading scores by one decile of a standard deviation. Mediation … analysis suggests school efficiency, family wealth, and family structure as key transmitters of EU membership to student …