TY - BOOK AU - Ertuğrul,Kürşad AU - Hasanović,Jasmin AU - Květina,Jan AU - Mehmeti,Leandrit I. AU - Mihalčinová,Zuzana Lučkay AU - Mitrache,Marius-Mircea AU - Pengili,Migena AU - Radeljić,Branislav AU - Risch,William Jay AU - Tsuladze,Lia AU - Uzgören,Elif AU - Vankovska,Biljana TI - The Unwanted Europeanness?: Understanding Division and Inclusion in Contemporary Europe SN - 9783110684155 AV - JZ1570 .U59 2021 U1 - 327.4 23 PY - 2021///] CY - Berlin, Boston : PB - De Gruyter, KW - Balkan KW - Diversität und Inklusion KW - Europeanisierung KW - Europäische Politik KW - Ostmitteleuropa KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / General KW - bisacsh KW - Balkans, Diversity and inclusion, East-Central Europe, European politics and societies, Europeanization N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface and Acknowledgements --; 1 The Threatening Other or Very Own? EU Drawbacks and the Politics of Self-Undoing --; Between Past and Present --; 2 The Polish Early Modern Republic as the Other Europe: The Sarmatian Moment of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the Polish Political Discourse --; 3 The Pursuit of France’s Milieu Goals (1871–1925): The French Mental Mapping of East-Central Europe --; 4 Mirroring Europeanization: Balkanization and Auto-Colonial Narrative in Bosnia and Herzegovina --; 5 Turkey and Europe: The Eternal Suspense --; 6 Heart of Europe, Heart of Darkness: Ukraine’s Euromaidan and Its Enemies --; Between Present and Future --; 7 Managing Ambivalence: An Interplay Between the Wanted and Unwanted Aspects of European Integration in Georgia --; 8 Guiding Macedonia to the EU: Walking Over European Values --; 9 Kosovo’s EU Perspective: Pushing it Forward or Pulling it Away? --; 10 Can Albania Europeanize? Actors and Factors --; 11 Studying Trajectory of Turkey’s EU Membership: Criticisms and Contributions of Critical Political Economy --; 12 In Lieu of a Conclusion: Regaining Dignity in Europe --; Notes on Contributors --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - Can we be optimistic about the future of Europe? To what extent has the European integrationist project affected the discourse about the core and the (semi-)periphery? Why does the European Union struggle with its own, and the neighbouring, Other? These are some of the questions addressed in this thought-provoking volume about the dilemmas surrounding the ever-uncertain European unity. A wide range of contributors have drawn upon invaluable sources and data to examine a broad selection of official discords and discrepancies characterizing the EU’s relations with the Balkans, East-Central Europe, and beyond. Moreover, past events have shaped present political and socioeconomic cooperation (or its deficiencies), with no reason to believe that these present challenges will not further influence future arrangements at a supranational or intergovernmental level. Whichever the period, questions of belonging, solidarity, and the (un)wanted Other have remained relevant and have continued to penetrate discussions. In addition to complementing the existing analyses of European developments, the present findings are of great relevance for researchers, policymakers, and general readership. In fact, they are essential if we want to see Europe develop UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110684216 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110684216 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110684216/original ER -