Constructions of European Identity - Debates and Discourses on Turkey and the EU (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Identities and Modernities in Europe
Release date:	2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Senem Ayd?n-Duzgit
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	223
ISBN-13:	978-0-230-34838-7
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Globalization Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > International institutions > EU & European institutions
LSN:	0-230-34838-6
Barcode:	9780230348387

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