Beschreibung:
This book presents intricate, backstage negotiations of interests and compromises between diplomats and lobbyists through the corridors of power, which drove Turkey both closer to and farther apart from the EU.
List of figuresPrefaceAcknowledgementsPart I: Inside the private life of politics1 The elephant in the room2 Fieldwork among the no(ta)blesPart II: Framing EU membership3 The accession pedagogyPart III: Arts of diplomacy and lobbying in the EU institutions4 Enlargement, twice a week5 Dramas of statecraft, mistrust and the politics of non-membership6 Political documents and bureaucratic entrepreneursConclusion: lessons from an anti-caseReferencesIndex