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Zdenka Mansfeldova, Vera Sparschuh, Agnieszka Wenninger (eds): Patterns of Europeanization in Central and Eastern Europe

Zdenka Mansfeldova, Vera Sparschuh, Agnieszka Wenninger (eds): Patterns of Europeanization in... AEJ 3:577–579 (2005) DOI 10.1007/s10308-005-0017-3 BOOK REVIEW Patterns of Europeanization in Central and Eastern Europe by Zdenka Mansfeldova, Vera Sparschuh, Agnieszka Wenninger (eds), (Hamburg: Reinhold Kraemer Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-89622-071-3) 286 pages, € 34.80 Published online: 30 September 2005 © Springer-Verlag 2005 As the end of transition is being proclaimed ever more loudly in the most suc- cessful Central East European countries, it is a most timely question to inquire what happened to their societies during the process, as most mysteries regarding their political and economic changes appear as more or less resolved. Hence this well- edited volume, consisting of a series of conference contributions of European so- ciologists meeting in Prague in October 2003, addresses an urgent issue, namely the societal consequences of transformation and EU accession in the new and future eastern member states of the European Union. About half of the 15 chapters are purely theoretical, often criticizing past in- tellectual and research work as insufficient and not up to the theoretical rigors at the highest level of abstraction. Those articles covering more empirical ground are distinctly more readable and interesting, yet in their pragmatic approach appear as little impressed by the theoretical exhortations of the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asia Europe Journal Springer Journals

Zdenka Mansfeldova, Vera Sparschuh, Agnieszka Wenninger (eds): Patterns of Europeanization in Central and Eastern Europe

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Asia Europe Journal , Volume 3 (4) – Sep 30, 2005
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Social Sciences; Social Sciences, general; International Economics
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1610-2932
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AEJ 3:577–579 (2005) DOI 10.1007/s10308-005-0017-3 BOOK REVIEW Patterns of Europeanization in Central and Eastern Europe by Zdenka Mansfeldova, Vera Sparschuh, Agnieszka Wenninger (eds), (Hamburg: Reinhold Kraemer Verlag, 2005, ISBN 3-89622-071-3) 286 pages, € 34.80 Published online: 30 September 2005 © Springer-Verlag 2005 As the end of transition is being proclaimed ever more loudly in the most suc- cessful Central East European countries, it is a most timely question to inquire what happened to their societies during the process, as most mysteries regarding their political and economic changes appear as more or less resolved. Hence this well- edited volume, consisting of a series of conference contributions of European so- ciologists meeting in Prague in October 2003, addresses an urgent issue, namely the societal consequences of transformation and EU accession in the new and future eastern member states of the European Union. About half of the 15 chapters are purely theoretical, often criticizing past in- tellectual and research work as insufficient and not up to the theoretical rigors at the highest level of abstraction. Those articles covering more empirical ground are distinctly more readable and interesting, yet in their pragmatic approach appear as little impressed by the theoretical exhortations of the

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