Chapter 1: Examining Illiberal Trends and Anti-EU Politics in East Central Europe from a Domestic Perspective. State of Research and Outline of the Book (Lisa H. Anders and Astrid Lorenz)
Part I: Societal Roots of the Illiberal Trends and Anti-EU Politics
Chapter 2: Illiberal and Anti-EU Politics in the Name of the People? Euroscepticism in East Central Europe 2004-2019 in Comparative Perspective (Lars Vogel)
Chapter 3: The Varying Challenge of Islamophobia for the EU. On Anti-Muslim Resentments and its Dividend for Right-Wing Populists and Eurosceptics. Central and Eastern Europe in a Comparative Perspective (Gert Pickel and Cemal Öztürk)
Chapter 4: Is there an East—West Divide over European Solidarity? Comparing European Citizens’ Attitudes toward Cross-Border Solidarity 2016 (Florian K. Kley and Holger Lengfeld)
Part II: Rhetoric and Practice of Illiberal and Anti-EU Politics
Chapter 5: Differential Illiberalism. Classifying Illiberal Trends in Central European Party Politics (Vratislav Havlík and Vít Hloušek)
Chapter 6: Party Rhetoric and Action Compared: Examining Politicisation and Compliance in the Field of Asylum and Migration Policy in the Czech Republic and Hungary (Paula Beger)
Chapter 7: Pro-Europeans and ‘Euro-Realists’. The Party-Voters Linkage and Parties’ Political Agendas in Poland, 2004 to 2019 (Michał Dulak)
Chapter 8: Same Same, but Different. Domestic Conditions of Illiberal Backlash against Universal Rights in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Petra Guasti)
Part III: EU Reactions to Illiberal and Anti-EU Politics
Chapter 9: Talking past Each Other: On Common Misperceptions in the Rule of Law Debate (Attila Vincze)
Chapter 10: Does it Help to Call a Spade a Spade? Examining the Legal Bases and Effects of Rule of Law Related Infringement Procedures against Hungary (Lisa H. Anders and Sonja Priebus)
Chapter 11: Safeguarding Democracy and the Rule of Law by Civil Society Actors? The Case of Poland (Claudia-Y. Matthes)
Part IV: Theoretical Reflections and Conclusions
Chapter 12: Contesting the EU, Contesting Democracy and Rule of Law in Europe. Conceptual Suggestions for Future Research (Luca Tomini and Seda Gürkan)
Chapter 13: Towards a Political Theory of Democratic Backsliding? Generalising the East Central European Experience (Ireneusz Paweł Karolewski)
Chapter 14: Illiberal Trends and Anti-EU Politics in East Central Europe. Major Findings and Avenues for Future Research (Astrid Lorenz and Lisa H. Anders)
