The Politics of EU Accession

Examines the politics of EU accession; by assessing the experiences of democratized and acceded Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, and the challenges that Turkey faces.

Autorentext

Pavel Saradín is Associate Professor at the Department of European and Politics Studies, Palacky University, Czech Republic.

Lucie Tunkrova is Assistant Professor at Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey

Inhalt

1. Introduction Lucie Tunkrová
   2. Becoming European: Kemalism as an Ideology of Westernism Petr Ku era
      3. Democratization and EU Conditionality A Barking Dog that Does (Not) Bite? Lucie Tunkrová
         4. How far away from the Politics of Fear? Turkey in the EU Accession Process Rabia Karakaya Polat
            5. The Cyprus Question in Turkey-EU Relations Ahmet Sözen
               6. The Challenge of Euroscepticism in the Accession Countries: The Good, the Bad and the Shaky EU Lucie Tunkrová
                  7. Tug of War or Lifelining: Central European Views on Turkey`s Accession to the EU Armäan Emre Çak r and Angelika Gergelová
                     8. The Support of East Central European Countries for Turkey s Accession to the European Union Pavel aradín
                        9. Conclusion: The New European Union Pavel aradín