Turkey and the European Union
Subtitle: processes of Europeanisation
By: by Çigdem Nas and Yonca Özer
Contributors: Özer, Yonca
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781409445296; 9781409445302
Subjects: Politics and government; European Union; Relations
Description: The accession of Turkey to the EU presents a fascinating case study for all those with an interest in europeanisation. Officially recognised as a candidate for full membership in 1999 Turkey's negotiations with the EU have been protracted and highly controversial. Turkey and the European Union; "Processes of Europeanisation" offers a coherent and focussed account of Turkey's recent relations and accession negotiations with the EU. Europeanisation as an explanatory tool is used to review how the EU has successfully induced change in Turkish policies and institutions whilst careful analysis is also conducted into where europeanisation has failed and explores how it may even have inadvertently contributed to forming a backlash against accession. Authoritative local and International contributors provide in-depth analysis as to why the process has had such a varied impact across a range of policies and institutions and ask, given the high costs of joining the EU and decreasing incentives, if europeanisation can still exert an influence in the future. Despite Turkey's unique geographical and political position between East and West the relationship with the EU is not a case sui generis. This book offers valuable insights on the effectiveness of europeanisation for all those within and without the framework of the European Union.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Europeanisation meets Turkey / Tanja A. Börzel; title: Europeanisation of identity: the case of the rebuffed candidate / Çigdem Nas; title: The EU's impact on democratisation in Turkey: Europeanisation through political conditionality / Yonca Özer; title: Turkish constitutional transformation and the EU: Europeanisation towards constitutionalism? / Bertil Emrah Oder; title: Europeanisation of civil society in Turkey during the accession process to the European Union / Selcen Öner; title: From EU conditionality to domestic choice for change: exploring Europeanisation of minority rights in Turkey / Gözde Yilmaz; title: Contribution to the Europeanisation process: demands for democracy of second wave feminism in Turkey / Sevgi Uçan Çubukçu; title: Social policy in the EU and Turkey: the limits of Europeanisation / Dimitris Tsarouhas; title: Europeanisation of Turkish environmental policy / Rana Izci; title: Europeanisation of Turkish foreign policy / Özlem Terzi; title: Turkey's Cyprus policy: a case of contextual Europeanisation / Alper Kaliber; title: Europeanisation and migration and asylum policies in Turkey / Catherine Macmillan; title: Conclusion.