Turkey and the European Union
Subtitle: the question of European identity
By: Selcen Öner
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780739148594; 9780739148617
Subjects: Membership; European Union; Foreign relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Construction of the idea of "Europe" throughout history and the attempts for unification; title: Ambiguous boundaries of Europe and the European Union; title: Construction of "European identity" and its "other's"; title: Social constructivism and European identity; title: Comparison between social constructivism and essentialism in terms of analysing European identity; title: Analysing construction of European identity on the basis of social constructivism; title: "European identity" and "EU identity"; title: And cultural European identity; title: The construction process of European identity within the European Union; title: The role of the political elites in construction of European identity; title: The role of the institutions of the European Union in construction of European identity; title: The gap between the elites and the general public; title: The interactions between Turks and Europe; title: The role of European identity in Turkey-EU relations.; title: The comparison between the membership of Turkey and the Central and Eastern European countries; title: The perceptions of the elites of the European Union about Turkey's membership in terms of European identity; title: Public opinions in the member states of the European Union about Turkey's membership; title: Discussions on Turkey's membership in terms of compatibility of Islam and European identity; title: The influnce of the interactions between Turkey and the European Union on the construction of European identity.