Parker, Owen. (2009) 'Cosmopolitan Europe' and the EU-Turkey question: the politics of a 'common destiny'. Journal of European Public Policy, Vol.16 (No.7). pp. 1085-1101. ISSN 1350-1763

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Abstract

This paper assesses cosmopolitanism in practice in Europe via an engagement with the 'EU-Turkey question', analysing the extent to which a 'cosmopolitan outlook' is emerging within Turkey and in European reactions to Turkey and the ways in which this plays out in the face of important political opposition in both settings. It argues that in the context of Turkey's internal politics and the European Union's (EU's) consideration of Turkey's candidature, an essentialist view of identity is constitutive of hostile relations between the EU and Turkey and within Turkish and European societies. Conversely, the adoption of a critical and reflexive cosmopolitan outlook as theory and political practice - examples of which are to be found in the Turkish political reform process and some of the recent practice of the European Commission - offers the best hope for a cosmopolitan Europe inclusive of cosmopolitan Turkey.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of European Public Policy
Publisher:	Routledge
ISSN:	1350-1763
Date:	2009
Volume:	Vol.16
Number:	No.7
Number of Pages:	17
Page Range:	pp. 1085-1101
Identification Number:	10.1080/13501760903226898
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/17214

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