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Constructions of European Identity: Debates and Discourses on Turkey and the EU
Senem Ayd?N-Düzgit
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Description for Constructions of European Identity: Debates and Discourses on Turkey and the EU
Hardback. This book explores how Turkey is portrayed in EU discourses and how these conceptions discursively construct European identity and notions of 'Europeanness'. Series: Identities and Modernities in Europe. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1QFE; JFFS; JPA; JPB; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
Identities and Modernities in Europe
Condition
New
Weight
405 g
Number of Pages
223
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230348387
SKU
V9780230348387
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About Senem Ayd?N-Düzgit
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).
Reviews for Constructions of European Identity: Debates and Discourses on Turkey and the EU
"This is a fine book which represents a significant empirical and conceptual contribution to EU and European studies. It is well written and well argued. The book's central argument is that there are 'multiple Europes' constructed in the discussions over enlargement to Turkey: Europe as a security community; as upholder of democratic values; as a political project; and as a ... Read more