Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Introduction
  • I. Part. Concepts of Reforms of the European Union
  • EU Concepts for Reforms of the Union and Its Position for a Future Integration in Europe
  • Perspectives of European Integration in the Light of Liberal and Leftist Concepts
  • No, I am not European: European Identity in Times of an Integration Crisis
  • Right-Wing Political Spectrum and the Perspective of European Integration
  • Polish Concepts of Modernisation of the European Union
  • European Integration Strategies and Divisions on the Polish Political Scene
  • The "Integration Engine" under the French Leadership
  • The European Union's Enlargement Prospects: a Viable Project or an Abandoned Idea?
  • Prospects of the EU Enlargement
  • II. Part. Future Modernization of the EU Institutional System
  • Prospects for the Development of the Institutional System of the European Union
  • The Role of Institutions in the Future Political and Systemic Shape of the European Union
  • Post-Crisis Institutional Balance and Democratic Legitimacy as Factors Conditioning the Direction of Changes in the European Union
  • The Prospects for the Place and Role of Interest Groups in the Member States of the Modernising European Union
  • III. Part. Selected EU Policies
  • Development Prospects
  • The Future of the European Union in the Field of Energy and Climate
  • Climate Policy as a Key Dimension of the Debate on the Future of the European Union
  • The Future of European Social Policy
  • Contextual triggers of child-centred health policy in Europe
  • The Importance of the Budgetary Instrument for Convergence and Competitiveness (BICC) for the Future of the European Union. Political Aspects
  • IV. Part. The European Union
  • External Determinants of Further Development
  • The Future of EU-US Relations in 2020 (and Beyond)
  • The Future of the European Union's Eastern Policy
  • Ukraine's EU Future
  • Opportunities, Barriers and Challenges
  • The European Union's Impact on the Political Systems of the Central Asian States
  • V. Part. Perspectives on the Theoretical Dimension of European Studies
  • Theoretical and Methodological Challenges of European Studies After a Decade of Crises in the European Union
  • Contributors