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The central challenges facing the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia as they work to catch up to advanced European Union (EU) income levels are discussed in this new book. Focusing on the region's growth performance, and outlining two growth scenarios that illustrate the range of investment and productivity growth rates under the income catchup objective, the authors draw upon extensive resources to identify strengths and weaknesses

"This book examines the potential role of European Union law in combating poverty and social exclusion in the European Union. Anti-poverty strategies have been part of the European Union agenda for decades. Most saliently, over a decade ago, the EU's Member States pledged to lift 20 million people out of poverty. In spite of this commitment, the EU did not even meet a quarter of this target, and over 113 million people still were at risk of poverty and social exclusion by the end of 2020. This book addresses the incongruence between a quite developed EU policy strategy and a well-embedded legal objective on the one hand, and the lack of direct legal action on the other. Analysing the role of social policy instruments, fundamental rights, and the constitutional framework of the European Union, it makes a detailed case for a contribution of EU law to the policy objective of combating poverty and social exclusion. Drawing on work in law, politics, social policy and economics, this book will interest scholars and policy-makers in the areas of EU law, labour and social security, human rights, political science and social and public policy"--

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The diffusion of both nationalism and populism is the symptom of a crisis in European democracies. The convergence of nationalist ideology and populist rhetoric is the major challenge that the European Union faces today and can be effectively countered by developing the political project of a truly democratic and supranational union. In this article, I will first outline the distinctive features of nationalism and populism. I will then analyse the major factors fostering the rise of national populism in the European Union countries, and I will conclude by discussing its more effective alternative.

States, sovereignty, borders and self-determination in Europe / Michael Keating, Jacint Jordana, Axel Marx and Jan Wouters -- Differentiation and self-determination in European integration / Frank Schimmelfennig -- The European multilevel party system : moving towards unity or diversity? / Arjan Schakel -- Stability in political unions : inequality, borders and welfare / Pablo Beramendi -- Secessionism revisited : unequal market insertion and its relevance for the analysis of Brexit / Juan Díez Medrano -- Self-determination constellations : sub-state regions and citizenship in Europe / Dejan Stjepanovic -- Identity, territory and self-determination in transborder regions of Eastern and Central Europe / Erika Harris -- The European Union and the recognition of states / Jessica Almqvist -- Democracy and borders : external and internal secession in the European Union / Ferran Requejo and Klaus-Jürgen Nagel -- Teleological and reflexive nationalism in the new Europe / Neil Walker -- National state foreign policy and regional external action : an uneasy relationship / Caterina García Segura and John Etherington -- Secession and the limits of democratic decision-Making / Jure Vidmar -- Referendums in the United Kingdom and the European Union : challenging federalism? / Stephen Tierney -- Territory, boundaries and collective self-determination / Margaret Moore -- Self-determination and the reconfiguration of the nation-state in Europe / Jacint Jordana, Adam Holesch, Michael Keating, Axel Marx and Jan Wouters.