Questioning EU enlargement : Europe in search of identity / Questioning European Union enlargement. edited by Helene Sjursen. - vi, 241 p. ; 24 cm. - Routledge Studies on Democratising Europe ; 3 .



Introduction : enlargement and the nature of the EU polity / Helene Sjursen -- Justifying the second enlargement : promoting interests, consolidating democracy or returning to the roots? / Susannah Verney -- In spite of the costs? : moral constraints on Spain's enlargement policy / Sonia Piedrafita -- Turkey's EU politics : consolidating democracy through enlargement? / Gamze Avci -- The importance of solidarity : Denmark as a promoter of enlargement / Marianne Riddervold and Helene Sjursen -- More than simply expanding markets : Germany and EU enlargement / Marcin Zaborowski -- The case of Turkey : are some candidates more "European" than others? / ęAsa Lundgren -- Protecting the idea of Europe : France and enlargement / Helene Sjursen and Bērge Romsloe -- Probably a problem-solving regime, perhaps a rights-based union : European integration in the Czech and Slovak political discourse / Petr Drulâak -- Double standards? : minority protection as a condition for membership / Guido Schwellnus -- Conclusion : The European Union between values and rights / Helene Sjursen

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