Introduction : diversity and adaptation in the enlarged European Union / Jan Zielonka and Peter Mair -- Eastern enlargement of the European Union and the identity of Europe / Dieter Fuchs and Hans-Dieter Klingemann -- Culture and national identity : 'the East' and European integration / David D. Laitin -- Discomforts of victory : democracy, liberal values, and nationalism in post-communist Europe / Vladimir Tismaneanu -- Making institutions in Central and Eastern Europe, and the impact of Europe / Darina Malova and Tim Haughton -- Making markets and eastern enlargement : diverging convergence? / Laszlo Bruszt -- Health not wealth : enlarging the EMU / Daniel Gros -- The welfare state in transition economies and accession to the EU / Hans-Jürgen Wagener -- Approaching the EU and reaching the US? : rival narratives on transforming welfare regimes in East-Central Europe / János Mátyás Kovács.