The politics of EU accession

"The Politics of EU Accession is a study of European Union enlargement and of politics in a new member state - Hungary. How do parties adopt and change positions on the European question? How do they balance the demands that ideology, voters and participation in coalition government place on them? What are the sources of Euroscepticism, and how deep and widespread is it among the parties and the public?" "This book addresses these questions by analysing the politics of Hungary's accession to the EU, from the early 1990s to 2004. It provides a conceptually grounded yet accessible analysis of the way questions related to European Union membership, and European integration in general, are channelled into political life. It also provides one of the first English-language introductions to the government and politics of Hungary since the fall of communism." "The Politics of EU Accession will be of interest to both academics and a broader audience concerned with party politics in Central and Eastern Europe, and with the contestation of European integration in EU member states."--Jacket.