This open access book explores the new complexities and ambiguities that epitomize EU-Turkey relations. With a strong focus on the developments in the last decade, the book provides full access to a comprehensive understanding of the multifaceted relationship through three entry points: (1) Theories and Concepts, (2) Institutions, and (3) Policies. Part I brings together complementary and competing analytical approaches to study the evolution of EU-Turkey relations, ranging from traditional integration theories to novel concepts. Part II investigates the institutional machinery of EU-Turkey relations by analyzing the roles and perspectives of the European Council, the European Commission, and the European Parliament. Part III offers analyses of the policies most relevant for the relationship: enlargement policy, trade and macroeconomic policies, foreign and security policy, migration and asylum policies, and energy policy. In Part IV, the volume closes with a systematic survey of the conditions under which cooperative trends in EU-Turkey relations could be (re)invigorated. The systematic setup and the balanced combination of distinguished experts from EU- and Turkey-based institutions make this book a fundamental reading for students, researchers, lecturers, and practitioners of EU-Turkey relations, European integration and Turkish foreign policy.
Reviews / Votes
"Provide up-to-date insights into diplomatic relations between Turkey and the European Union and help understand how they have evolved over time. . the books shed new light on the EU's main concerns and provide new perspectives. . This is a comprehensive work that tackles the most relevant issues on the topic and analyses Turkey-EU relations in their broadest form." (Massimo D'Angelo, International Affairs, Vol. 98 (1), 2022)
Edition
Language
Place of publication
Publishing group
Springer International Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
3 s/w Abbildungen, 9 farbige Abbildungen
XXIII, 441 p. 12 illus., 9 illus. in color.
Dimensions
Height: 21 cm
Width: 14.8 cm
Weight
ISBN-13
978-3-030-70892-4 (9783030708924)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-70890-0
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Wulf Reiners
is Senior Researcher and Head of the 'Managing Global Governance' (MGG) Program of the German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). Previously, he was Assistant Professor at the Turkish-German University in Istanbul, Turkey, and Researcher at the University of Cologne, Germany. He has served as the Academic Coordinator and Program Director of various EU-funded projects on EU-Turkey relations, EU external action, and digitalization towards sustainable development.
Ebru Turhan
is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Turkish-German University in Istanbul, Turkey. She also serves as a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for European Politics (IEP), Germany. Her research focuses on EU-Turkey relations, external differentiated integration, EU enlargement policy, and German-Turkish relations. Turhan holds an MA in Contemporary European Studies from the University of Bath, UK and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Cologne, Germany.
Chapter 1. Unpacking the New Complexities of EU-Turkey Relations: Merging Theories, Institutions, and Policies.- Part 1: Theories and Concepts.- Chapter 2. Neoliberalism, Liberal Intergovernmentalism and EU-Turkey Relations.- Chapter 3. Constructivist Approaches to EU-Turkey Relations.- Chapter 4. Historical Institutionalism and EU-Turkey Relations: Path Dependence and Critical Junctures in the Accession Process.- Chapter 5. Europeanization and EU-Turkey Relations: Three Domains, Four Periods.- Chapter 6. Rhetorical Entrapment in EU-Turkey Relations.- Chapter 7. Differentiated Integration: An Alternative Conceptualization of EU-Turkey Relations.- Part 2: Institutions.- Chapter 8. The European Council as a Key Driver of EU-Turkey Relations: Central Functions Internal Dynamics and Evolving Preferences.- Chapter 9. The European Commusion's Role in EU-Turkey Relations.- Chapter 10. The European Parliament's Perspective on EU-Turkey Relations.- Part 3: policies.- Chapter 11. Turkey as a Special and (Almost) Dead Case of EU Enlargement Policy.- Chapter 12. The EU as an Anchor for Turkey's Macroeconomic and Trade Policy.- Chapter 13. From Convergence to Divergence: The Compatibility of Turkish and EU Foreign Policy.- Chapter 14. Europeanization and De-Europeanization of Turkish Asylum and Migration Policies.- Chapter 15. EU-Turkey Energy Dialogue: Moving Beyond the Accession Negotiations Framework.- Part 4: Conclusion.- Chapter 16. Current Trends and Future Prospects for EU-Turkey Relations: Conditions for a Cooperative Relationship.
