Table of Contents

1. Turkey and European Integration: Introduction Section 1: Public Opinion and EU Membership 2. Societal Perceptions of Turkey's EU Membership Section 2: Economic Governance and EU Membership 3. Populism as a Barrier to Intergration with the EU: Rethinking the Copenhagen Criteria 4. Economic Mismangement and Turkey's Troubled Relations with the EU: Is there a Link? 5. Europeanisation of Turkey Peak Business Organisations and Turkey-EU Relations Section 3: Religion and EU membership 6. Islamist Redefinition(s) of European and Islamic Identities in Turkey 7. The Islamist Movement and Turkey-EU Relations Section 4: International-domestic Interactions 8. Helsinki, Copenhagen and Beyond: Challenges to the New Europe and the Turkish state 9. Turkish Political Parties and the EU Discourse in the Post-Helsinki Period: A Case of Europeanization 10. The Turkish Contract of Citizenship and The Union Model: Limits of Convergence 11. Leverage in Theory and Practice: Human Rights and Turkey's EU Candidacy 12. Turkey and European Integration: Conclusion

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Nergis Canefe, Mehmet Ugur