European Union civil society policy and Turkey : a bridge too far?

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European Union civil society policy and Turkey : a bridge too far?

Title remainder

a bridge too far?

Statement of responsibility

Özge Zihnioğlu, Lecturer, Istanbul Kültür University

Creator

• Zihnioğlu, Özge, 1981-
• Zihnioğlu, Özge, 1981-

Subject

• Civil society -- European Union countries
• Civil society -- Turkey
• Civil society -- Turkey
• Cross-cultural studies
• Diplomatic relations
• European Union
• European Union -- Turkey -- Membership
• European Union -- Turkey -- Membership
• European Union countries
• European Union countries -- Foreign relations -- Turkey
• European Union countries -- Foreign relations -- Turkey
• Legitimacy of governments
• Legitimacy of governments -- Turkey
• Legitimacy of governments -- Turkey
• Membership requirements
• Political participation
• Political participation -- Turkey
• Political participation -- Turkey
• Turkey
• Turkey -- Foreign relations -- European Union countries
• Turkey -- Foreign relations -- European Union countries
• Civil society
• Civil society -- European Union countries

Genre

• Cross-cultural studies

Language

eng

Summary

"The increasing importance of civil society and civil society actors in recent decades has ensured that they now feature prominently in the European Union's enlargement strategy with the EU now possessing a series of policies on civil society in line with its perceived importance in the expansion of the Eurozone. Drawing on interviews with civil society organizations and in conjunction with an examination of EU Civil Society Policy and the legal and institutional environment in Turkey, this book questions the impact that these policies have had on Turkish civil society suggesting that it is, at best, limited. Instead this book argues that the EU could not accomplish its expected objectives within the framework of its civil society policy in Turkey due to a universalist understanding that ignores the current domestic structure of Turkish civil society as well as disregarding its political nature and the autonomous character of Turkey's civil society actors. The result is one of the most wide-ranging and in-depth studies on Turkish civil society and European Union, as such it is an important text for students and scholars of EU enlargement and civil society"--

Member of

• Palgrave studies in European Union politics

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Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Palgrave studies in European Union politics