EU Enlargement & Referendums

This book - previously published as a special issue of the journal West European Politics - analyzes the EU accession referendums that took place in eight countries in 2003.

1. Introduction - Choosing Europe: The June 2003 EU accession referendums 2. Culture, Institutions and Campaign Effects: Explaining the outcome of Malta's EU accession referendum 3. The Slovenian EU Accession Referendum: A cat-and-mouse game 4. Hungary: Unpicking the permissive consensus 5. EU Accession and the New Slovak Consensus 6. History Trumps Government Unpopularity: The June 2003 Polish EU accession referendum 7. A Nation of Sceptics?: The Czech EU accession referendum of 13-14 June 2003 8. Clinching the 'Return to Europe': The referenda on EU accession in Estonia and Latvia 9. Conclusion: Towards a model of (European) referendums