Best, H: Europe of Elites

1 H. Best, G. Lengyel, and L. Verzichelli: European Integration as an Elite Project: An Introduction; 2 M. Cotta and F. Russo: Europe a la Carte? European Citizenship and its Dimensions from the Perspective of National Elites; 3 N. Hube and L. Verzichelli: Ready to Run Europe? Perspectives of a Supranational Career Among EU National Elites; 4 J. Real-Dato, B. Goncz and G. Lengyel: National Elites' Preferences on the Europeanization of Policy-Making; 5 I. Matonyte and V. Morkevicius: The Other Side of European Identity: Elite Perceptions of Threats to a Cohesive Europe; 6 D. Gaxie and N. Hube: Elites' Views on European Institutions: National Experiences Sifted Through Ideological Orientations; 7 M. Lazic, M. Jerez-Mir, V. Vuletic and R. Vazquez-Garcia: Patterns of Regional Diversity in Political Elite Attitudes; 8 W. C. Muller, M. Jenny and A. Ecker: The Elites-Masses Gap in European Integration; 9 N. Conti: Party Elites and the Domestic Discourse on the EU; 10 H. Best: Elite Foundations of European Integration: A Causal Analysis; 11 H. Best: Elites of Europe and the Europe of Elites: A Conclusion; G. Lengyel and S. Jahr: Appendix - Surveying Elites: Experiences from the IntUne Elite Survey; Bibliography; Index

Heinrich Best is Co-Director of the multidisciplinary Collaborative Research Centre 'Social Development after Structural Change: Discontinuity, Tradition and the Emergence of New Structures' funded by the German Science Foundation and was Co-director of the Scientific Network 'European Political Elites in Comparison: The Long Road to Convergence' funded by the European Science foundation. His publications include 38 books or journal special issues and 138 journal and book contributions as author and editor. Most recent publications include: Democratic Elitism: New Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives, Brill, 2010, with John Higley; and Democratic Representation in Europe: Diversity, Change, and Convergence, with Maurizio Cotta (OUP, 2007). He is Professor of Sociology at the University of Jena, Germany.; Gyorgy Lengyel is Editor in Chief of Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. He has conducted several research projects on European integration, elites, migrat