Turkey's Accession to the European Union : political and economic challenges

By - Belgin Akçay and Bahri Yilmaz[ED]

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Lanham : Lexington Books, [2013]

ISBN 10 - 0739179810

ISBN 13 - 9780739179819

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - European Union--Turkey.

Shelf No - 18

Call Number - 341.2422 TUR

Physical Description - xii, 340 pages ; 24 cm

Notes - Includes bibliographical references and index.

Book Information

Although Turkey has a long-held aspiration for European Union membership and has been a candidate for more than a decade, relations between the EU and Turkey have not received the attention it deserves from non-Turkish researchers thus far, and consequently the international literature on EU-Turkey relations is rather limited. In light of recent global economic and political challenges for the EU and Turkey, a need has emerged for an interdisciplinary approach to study EU-Turkey relations within the wider international political and economic context. Turkey's Accession to the European Union: Political and Economic Challenges, edited by Belgin Ak ay and Bahri Yilmaz, provides a timely overview of some of the most important issues and debates in the changing context of Europe, the change in domestic politics and foreign policy in Turkey, and the likely implications of these changes and developments for EU-Turkey relations. Within this framework, this collection includes articles emphasizing Turkey's reform process with a view to EU accession, despite EU's reservations about "absorbing" Turkey and the eventual decoupling of the Turkish reform process from European integration, as well as searching for alternative forms of cooperation or transitional arrangements which may be possible for Turkey at the time of accession.

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