"The Temporality of Enlargement: Comparing East Central Europe and Turkey"

LaGro, Esra. (2007) "The Temporality of Enlargement: Comparing East Central Europe and Turkey". In European Union Studies Association (EUSA) > Biennial Conference > 2007 (10th), May 17-19, 2007, pages 16, Montreal, Canada.

Abstract

This paper is a preliminary attempt to bring forward the analysis of time dimension in EU governance through the case study of EU Enlargement and the Turkish accession process. While doing this, comparanda with the recent fifth Enlargement of the EU involving the CEECs, and the Europeanization process will be made where relevant. The main interrelated research questions in this context are as follows: Why study time during this stage of European integration? How and where does the temporality relate to the EU process of Turkey? What has the comparative research agenda to offer vis-à-vis Turkey with reference to the most recent enlargement wave (that is the CEECs)? How does the timing (political time) of core executives both in the EU and Turkey relate to the EU Enlargement in general and to accession process of Turkey in particular? Naturally the answers to these questions cannot be given at once, thus the current paper is reflecting only a work in progress and answers to the above questions are only outlined to a certain extent and the research continues.