AKP's ‘Europeanization’ in Civilianization, Rule of Law and Fundamental Freedoms
The Primacy of Domestic Politics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21207970 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Beken Saatçioğlu (0000-0002-1650-5332, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 86-101 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1944-8953 • E-ISSN: 1944-8961 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19448953.2013.864185 |
| OpenAlex | W1989825217 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
The literature on European Union (EU)–Turkey relations has mostly focused on explaining the general slowdown in the Justice and Development Party (AKP)'s post-2005 Europeanization rather than analysing the more puzzling question of why some reforms persisted as opposed to others despite the falling credibility of EU membership in the same period. To fill this gap, the paper studies the AKP's differential ‘Europeanization’ concerning civilianization, rule of law and fundamental freedoms. While reforms targeting civilianization persisted over the years, democratic progress in the other two areas rather stalled after 2007. It is argued that this variation is induced by AKP's changing domestic political empowerment needs. Specifically, AKP used the EU reform process as an instrument of political survival followed by power consolidation after 2007
Credibility · Democracy · Economic Justice · Economics · European union · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Rule of law · Sociology · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Turkey's Politics and Society
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| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,91 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |