Constructions of European Identity

Debates and Discourses on Turkey and the EU
2012. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-230-34838-7
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 223 Seiten, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 445 g

Reihe: Identities and Modernities in Europe

This book examines EU discourses on Turkey in the European Commission, European Parliament and three EU member states (France, Germany and Britain), to reveal the discursive construction of European identity through EU representations of Turkey. Based on a poststructuralist framework that conceptualizes identity as discursively constructed through difference, the book applies Critical Discourse Analysis to the analysis of texts and argues that there are multiple Europe(s) that are constructed in talks over the enlargement of Turkey, varying within and between different ideological, national and institutional contexts. The book discerns four main discourse topics over which these Europe(s) are constructed, corresponding to the conceptualization of Europe as a security community, as an upholder of democratic values, as a political project and as a cultural space. The book argues that Turkey constitutes a key case in exploring various discursive constructs of European identity, since the talks on Turkey pave the way for the construction of different versions of Europe in discourse.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Loparo, Kenneth A

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landespolitik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction Europe as a Security Community Europe as an Upholder of Democratic Values Europe as a Political Project Europe as a Cultural Space Conclusion Appendix Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Senem Ayd?n-Düzgit is an Associate Professor and a Jean Monnet Chair in International Relations at Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey. She is the author of Constructions of European Identity: Debates and Discourses on Turkey and the EU (Palgrave, 2012).