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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.
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"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 cultural space." - Journal of Common Market Studies
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About the author
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).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Constructions of European Identity
Book Subtitle: Debates and Discourses on Turkey and the EU
Authors: Senem Aydin-Düzgit
Series Title: Identities and Modernities in Europe
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137283511
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-34838-7Published: 15 December 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-34557-1Published: 01 January 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-28351-1Published: 15 December 2012
Series ISSN: 2946-3335
Series E-ISSN: 2946-3343
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 223
Topics: Political Sociology, European Politics, Social Policy, European Culture, European Union Politics, Sociology, general