Eu Enlargement and Socialization: Turkey and Cyprus

ISBN-13: 9780415557221 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 200 str.

Stefan Engert

Opis

This book looks at the expansion of the European Union and examines its effectiveness in terms of international socialization and compliance. The author focuses specifically on the socialization of Turkey and Cyprus into the Western community. The relationships between the European Union, Turkey and Cyprus are complex and intrinsically linked, Turkey’s accession is partially hinged a solution to the Cyprus division and Cyprus’ accession was complicated by the fact that Turkey occupied one third of the island’s territory. Providing a comprehensive theoretical perspective, it is divided into three parts and investigates three questions:

• Why expand? From an EU / international organizations perspective.
• Why join? From an applicants’ perspective.
• Why comply? Exploring why a state would choose to adapt to the EU’s fundamental norms and rules from a candidates’ perspective.

Contradicting the impression that the latest round of EU enlargement has indeed been a model story of smooth and effective socialization from top to bottom, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of the EU, European politics, international relations and those particularly interest in Turkey and Cyprus.

Spis treści

Part 1: Why Expand? Enlargement from the Perspective of the International Organization  1. Explaining Institutional Widening: Theories and Hypotheses  2. Turkey’s Progress towards EU Membership  3. Cyprus’ Progress towards EU Membership: Intermediate Conclusion to Question 1 and Solution to puzzle A  Part 2: Why join? Enlargement from the Perspective of the Candidate States  4. Explaining Membership Application: Theories and Hypotheses  5. Turkey’s Membership Application to the EU  6. Cyprus’ Membership Application to the EU: Intermediate Conclusion to Question 2: No Puzzle  Part 3: Why Comply? Socialization from the Perspective of the Candidate States  7. Explaining International Socialization: Theories and Hypotheses  8. Turkey's Progress towards Compliance  9. Cyprus’ Progress towards Compliance: Intermediate Conclusion to Question 3 and Solution to Puzzle B  10. Concluding Remarks: EU Enlargement, Socialization, and Beyond

O autorze

Stefan Engert is a research fellow at the J. W. Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.  He is the co-author of International Socialization in Europe: European organizations, political conditionality and democratic change.