INTRODUCTION // 1 Central Europe and the EU: Past and Future (Christie Davies) Introduction // 1.1 The Unfair Accession // 1.2 The Future Imbalance of Power // 1.3 The Economic Failure of the European Union Conclusion // References // 2 Inter-institutional and Intra-institutional Influence // in European Union Decision Making (František Turnovec) Introduction // 2.1 Voting Games, Committee Systems and the Calculus of Power // 2.2 Council of Ministers: a Qualified Majority Problem // 2.3 The Commission, Council of Ministers and the European Parliament: Consultation and Co-decision Procedures // 2.4 Empirical Findings Conclusion References // 3 An Introduction to the Study of the Czech Presidency in the European Council and the Council of the European Union // (Lenka Rovná) Introduction // 3.1 What is the Presidency for? // 3.2 Procedural, Policy Oriented Aspects // 3.3 The Presidency as a Research Topic Conclusion // References // 4 Washington and European Political Integration: Who Wants a Single Phone Number in Europe? (Pavel Přikryl) // Introduction // 4.1 Is Europe Relevant to the United States? // 4.2 Is the Internal Structure of Europe Relevant to the United States? // 4.3 Is it Good to Have a Single Phone Number in Europe? // 4.4 European Political Integration: Political and Academic Groups // Conclusion // References // 5 The European Union in the Czech and Slovak Pre-accession Public Discourses (Tereza Novotná) // Introduction // 5.1 Discursive Institutionalism: The New Way of Looking at the European Integration Processes // 5.2 Political Preconditions of the EUs Eastern Enlargement // 5.3 The Shifts in Public Discourses Conclusion // References // 6 The Attitude of Key Czech Political Parties Towards European Integration Comparative Discourse Analysis (Jan Váška) // Introduction // 6.1 Theoretical and Methodological Approach //
6.2 Empirical Findings: ČSSD, ODS and Their Conceptual Ideas about Euroepan Integration // Conclusion References // 7 "Europeanisation" of Kyrgyzstan’s Political and Media Systems (Tatiana Iskandrova) // Introduction // 7.1 Some Background // 7.2 Europeanisation of the Kyrgyz Political System // 7.3 Influence of Europeanisation on the Process of the Formation of an Independent Mass Media // Conclusion References // 8 Ten Years of Czech Inflation Targeting: Missed Targets and Anchored Expectations (Tomáš Holub, Jaromír Hurník) // Introduction // 8.1 Historical Background // 8.2 Some Challenges // 8.3 Evolution of the Targets // 8.4 Achievement of the Targets and Policy Goals // 8.5 VAR Analysis of Inflation Expectations Formation // Conclusion // References // 9 Why is Europe Underperforming in R&D Activities: Are There Ways out? (Luděk Urban) // Introduction // 9.1 Identifying the Weaknesses of the European Research Effort: // Do Solutions Exist? Conclusion References // 10 Signalling the Strength of a Market Entrant in a United Europe (Karel Janda) // Introduction // 10.1 The Literature Review // 10.2 The Competition Policy of EU and Market Entry // 10.3 The Model Conclusion References // 11 Raymond Aron One of the Sources of Czech Eurorealism (Miroslav Novak) // Introduction // 11.1 Raymond Aron and His Attitude Towards European Integration // Conclusion // References