perspectives01_08-obalka:perspectives-obalka 12.6.2008 3:09 Page 1 Vol. 16, No. 1 2008 PerspeReviewctives of International Affairs Visualising the EU in EU Enlargement Boundaries of Balkanism in EU Accession Discourses Toward a Conception of Welcoming and Cooperating Patriotisms Global Governance vs. State Failure ctives Geopolitical Narratives on Belarus in Contemporary Russia e Persp perspectives01_08-obalka:perspectives-obalka 12.6.2008 3:09 Page 2 BOOKS: Author’s name as it appears on the title page, date of publication in parentheses, title in Italics with ! capitals in principal words, place of publication, publisher: Liefferink, Duncan and Mikael Skou Andersen (eds) (1997) The Innovation of EU Environmental Pol- Perspectives icy. Copenhagen: Scandinavian University Press. 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At the present time, it is established as one of the leading journals in Central and East- ! Yahuda, Michael (2004) ‘Europe and America in Asia: Different Beds, Same Dreams’. The Sigur Cen- ern Europe, dealing with a range of issues from international relations theory to contemporary interna- ter Asia Papers No. 18. Online: http://cow2.la.psud.edu. tional politics and regional and global issues that affect international relations. Perspectives invites papers and enquiries from interested scholars. QUOTATION MARKS: GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS Single in text throughout; double within single; single within indented quotations. The aim of Perspectives is to produce an eclectic mix of articles dealing with various areas of interna- HEADINGS: tional relations and regional studies. 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[Continued on p. 3 cover] • The postal address of the journal is: Perspectives, Institute of International Relations, Nerudova 3, 118 50 Praha 1, Czech Republic. perspectives01_08_vstup:PERSPECTIVES 12.6.2008 3:07 Page 1 Perspectives Review of International Affairs Vol. 16, No. 1 2008 perspectives01_08_vstup:PERSPECTIVES 12.6.2008 3:07 Page 2 Editorial Board Petr Drulák (Chairman), Institute of International Relations, Prague, Czech Republic Regina Axelrod, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY, USA Dorothee Bohle, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary Vladimír Handl, Institute of International Relations, Prague, Czech Republic Karen Henderson, University of Leicester, United Kingdom Petr Jehlička, Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom Paul Luif, Austrian Institute for International Affairs, Vienna, Austria Jiří Šedivý, Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, NATO, Brussels, Belgium Andrei V. 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Layout Jakub Tayari Printed by Petr Dvořák – Tiskárna SSN 1210-762X ČÍSLO REGISTRACE MK ČR 6554 perspectives01_08_vstup:PERSPECTIVES 12.6.2008 3:07 Page 3 Contents Visualising the EU: the Central and East European Enlargement 5 Experience • Anca Pusca Bai Ganio and Other Men's Journeys to Europe: the Boundaries 23 of Balkanism in Bulgarian EU-Accession Discourses • Alina Curticapean Toward a Conception of Welcoming and Cooperating Patriotisms 57 • Alberto Nones Global Governance vs. State Failure 85 • Péter Marton Geopolitical Narratives on Belarus in Contemporary Russia 109 • Ian Klinke Reviews 133 ▲ 157 Roy Allison, Margot Light and Stephen White: Putin's Russia and the Enlarged 133 Europe – Oxford: Blackwell, 2006, 229 pages, ISBN: 1-4051-2647-7 (paperback), 1-4051-2648-5 (hardback). • Bilyana Petkova John O'Brennan: The Eastern Enlargement of the European Union – London: 137 Routledge, 2006, 239 pages, ISBN: 0-415-36126-5. • Ján Pavuk Daniel W. Drezner: All Politics Is Global: Explaining International Regulatory 142 Regimes – Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007, 234 pages, ISBN: 978- 0-691-09641-4. • Leonardo Baccini Adrienne Héritier with Carl-Fredrik Bergstrom and Catherine Moury: Explaining 146 Institutional Change in Europe – Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007, viii + 249 pages, ISBN: 978-0-19-929812-9. • Attila Ágh Blanka Říchová (ed): Government Models in Parliamentary Systems (the 149 Netherlands, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Slovakia and Mauritius) [Vládní modely v parlamentních systémech: (Nizozemsko, Švédsko, Itálie, Španělsko, Slovensko a Mauritius)] – Prague: Nakladatelství Moneta F-M in cooperation with FSV UK Prague, 2006, 201 pages, ISBN: 978-80-86731-00-1. • Martin Riegl Jan Thiele: Außenbeziehungen von Regionen. Europäische Regionen im 154 Vergleich – Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač, 2006, 403 pages, ISBN: 3-8300-2380-4.