Turkey and the European Union the question of European identity / Selcen Öner.
| Author/creator | Öner, Selcen, 1977- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, |
| Description | xii, 220 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Construction of the idea of "Europe" throughout history and the attempts for unification -- Ambiguous boundaries of Europe and the European Union -- Construction of "European identity" and its "other's" -- Social constructivism and European identity -- Comparison between social constructivism and essentialism in terms of analysing European identity -- Analysing construction of European identity on the basis of social constructivism -- "European identity" and "EU identity" -- And cultural European identity -- The construction process of European identity within the European Union -- The role of the political elites in construction of European identity -- The role of the institutions of the European Union in construction of European identity -- The gap between the elites and the general public -- The interactions between Turks and Europe -- The role of European identity in Turkey-EU relations. |
| Contents | The comparison between the membership of Turkey and the Central and Eastern European countries -- The perceptions of the elites of the European Union about Turkey's membership in terms of European identity -- Public opinions in the member states of the European Union about Turkey's membership -- Discussions on Turkey's membership in terms of compatibility of Islam and European identity -- The influnce of the interactions between Turkey and the European Union on the construction of European identity. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010052933 |
| ISBN | 9780739148594 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0739148591 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780739148617 (electronic) |
| ISBN | 0739148613 (electronic) |