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Discourse, Identity and the Question of Turkish Accession to the EU

Through the Looking Glass

By (author) Catherine MacMillan
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Published: 17th Nov 2016
Dimensions: w 156mm h 234mm
Weight: 370g
ISBN-10: 1138279730
ISBN-13: 9781138279735
Barcode No: 9781138279735
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Discourse, Identity and the Question of Turkish Accession to the EU: Through the Looking Glass provides an invaluable analysis of the issues of Turkish accession to the EU. The focus on elite discourse provides a new and engaging approach to this contentious topic and offers a unique understanding of the competing arguments within the EU regarding the question of Turkey's accession and the differing visions for the European Union that underlie them. Utilising the Habermasian Theory of Communicative Action Catherine MacMillan focuses on how political elites from the member states and EU institutions engage with the issue, analyses the different attitudes to the Turkish candidacy to the EU and explores the wider implications and competing visions of the EU the differences highlight. By closely examining the different ways that EU elites view and react to this issue vital lessons about the potential wider enlargement of the union to central and eastern Europe can be drawn.

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'Well-equipped with the necessary theoretical apparatus, MacMillan discerns some critical patterns in the nebulous medium of identity in the context of EU-Turkey relations in her looking glass. The divergences she identifies between the public and elite discourses in Europe on Turkey, and the parallels she sees between the Turkish and British discourses on the EU are among her interesting findings.' ArmaAEYan Emre AakAE+/-r, Marmara University, Turkey 'In her detailed study on the discourses of identity in EU-Turkey relations, Catherine MacMillan takes up the issue of identity construction with respect to engagement with the others in both the EU and in Turkey through the discussions on Turkey's accession to the EU. A very valuable and theoretically rich contribution to the literature on the mutual processes of identity construction in EU-Turkey relations.' Senem AydAE+/-n-DA1/4zgit, Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey