Turkey and the Dilemma of EU Accession : When Religion Meets Politics.
What impact do issues of culture, religion and identity have on Turkey's chances of joining the EU? Are religious and cultural factors per se the primary obstacle to Turkish accession, or is it their interaction with other factors that is prolonging and complicating Turkey's progress towar...
| Основен автор: | Bogdani, Mirela. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
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London :
I.B. Tauris,
2010.
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| Серия: |
Library of European studies.
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Turkey and the Dilemma of EU Accession : When Religion Meets Politics. |
Съдържание:
- ABBREVIATIONS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. THE REVIVAL OF RELIGION IN WORLD AND EUROPEAN POLITICS; 1.1 Religion and politics: the relationship between the two and the impact of religion on politics; 1.2 The return of religious discussion to world and European politics; 1.3 Secularisation Theory, Desecularisation Thesis and European Exceptionalism; 2. TURKEY AND THE EUROPEAN UNION; 2.1 EU eastward enlargement; 2.2 The history of the Westernisation of Turkey and of its relations with the EU.
- 2.3 Formal obstacles: domestic political and economic factors and other (Cyprus, Kurdish and Armenian) issues2.4 Semi-formal obstacles: geography, demography, security and institutional factor; 2.5 Informal obstacles: religious and cultural factors; 3. THE COMPATIBILITY OF ISLAM WITH DEMOCRACY; 3.1 Western and Muslim values: are they in harmony or do they conflict?; 3.2 Is Islam compatible with liberal-democracy?; 3.3 The issue of secularism: the relation of Islam and Christianity with the state; 3.4 An Islamic Reformation: is this necessary and possible?
- 3.5 Can Turkey maintain a balance between secular democracy and culture?4. WHAT PLACE DO RELIGION ANDCULTURE HAVE IN THE DEBATE ON TURKISH CANDIDACY; 4.1 Religion and culture: two separate concepts?; 4.2 European identity; 4.3 Actors in the debate; 5. REASONS FOR THE INCREASE OF EUROPEAN OPPOSITION SINCE 2001; 5.1 The rise of Islamic fundamentalism around the world and its implications for Europe; 5.2 The increase of the Muslim population in Western Europe and their degree of integration into European society; 5.3 Fear of the Islamisation of Europe.
- 5.4 The prospect of a country of 70 million Muslims becoming part of the EU5.5 Political Islam as part of Turkey's mainstream politics; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX I; APPENDIX II; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.