The discursive construction of European identity in EU's relations with Turkey and Central and Eastern Europe

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Description

The thesis aims to undertake a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of the EU discourses regarding two different enlargements and seeks to discover the identity constructions underlying such EU discourses. The two different cases of enlargement concern Turkey- whose candidacy is provoking a considerable degree of controversy and debate in Europe today- and the countries of eastern europe, who have already recently acceded to the European Union. The Vienna School of CDA, grounded in post-positivist theories of international relations is used to deconstruct and understand how Europe constructs its identity with respect to its varying degrees of Others today.
AcronymOZR1070
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date1/10/04 → 30/09/08

Keywords

  • discourse analysis
  • identity
  • identiteit
  • international relations
  • internationale betrekkingen
  • discoursanalyse

Flemish discipline codes in use since 2023

  • Economics and business

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  • Turkey and European Integration: Towards Fairness and Reciprocity

    Duzgit (aydin), S. & Keyman, F., 1 Jan 2007, Remaking Turkey: Globalization, Alternative Modernities, and Democracies (Global Encounters : Studies in Comparative Political Theory). Keyman, F. (ed.). Lexington, Oxford, (Remaking Turkey: Globalisation, Alternative Modernities and Democracy).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review