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1\. Introduction 6 2\. Reaching out? From Membership to Accession Europeanization 7 3\. Beyond Misfit and EU Pressure for Adaptation: Factors Mediating Accession Europeanization 8 4\. It's the Domestic Structures, Stupid! Scope Conditions for Domestic Change 10 5\. Turkey : A Case Sui Generis? 13 Literature 17 ; Research on Europeanization and domestic change has moved south-eastwards and was provided with another real-world experiment when it has meet with Turkey. This paper explores to what extent Europeanization approaches travel to Turkey, which does have a membership perspective that looks, however, ever less credible. The first part outlines the main findings of research on 'External Europeanization' focusing on factors that have limited or at least qualified the domestic impact of the EU in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) and Western Balkan (WB) accession countries. The paper, then, discusses to what extent Europeanization approaches need further qualification when applied to Turkey, which squares on democracy with the Western Balkans (with the exception of Croatia), but whose statehood is less limited. We argue that existing Europeanization approaches, largely, account for the overall moderate degree of Europeanization in Turkey. Yet, selective and differential domestic changes are mostly related to the extent to which EU conditionality helps domestic actors gain or hold political power and push their own political agenda. The paper concludes by summarizing the major implications Turkey's accession to the EU has for Europeanization approaches and discussing why Turkey is not a case sui generis.

Research on Europeanization and domestic change has moved south-eastwards and was provided with another real-world experiment when it has meet with Turkey. This paper explores to what extent Europeanization approaches travel to Turkey, which does have a membership perspective that looks, however, ever less credible. The first part outlines the main findings of research on 'External Europeanization' focusing on factors that have limited or at least qualified the domestic impact of the EU in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) and Western Balkan (WB) accession countries. The paper, then, discusses to what extent Europeanization approaches need further qualification when applied to Turkey, which squares on democracy with the Western Balkans (with the exception of Croatia), but whose statehood is less limited. We argue that existing Europeanization approaches, largely, account for the overall moderate degree of Europeanization in Turkey. Yet, selective and differential domestic changes are mostly related to the extent to which EU conditionality helps domestic actors gain or hold political power and push their own political agenda. The paper concludes by summarizing the major implications Turkey's accession to the EU has for Europeanization approaches and discussing why Turkey is not a case sui generis.

Although the EU provides valuable political opportunities for business, firms act at European level in different degrees and in different ways. This variation in the Europeanization of business has so far been partially overlooked by the literature. In this work I propose an institutionalist theory of the Europeanization of business by focusing on how national political institutions mediate the impact of the institutional structure of the EU on business behaviour. Findings from a large-N analysis across several countries demonstrate that firms in decentralized countries tend to be more active at EU level. National political institutions affect also how firms act at EU level. Indeed, those firms used to act individually at national level tend to act collectively at EU level. This work aims at a more nuanced institutionalist account of Europeanization, by bridging the gap between the traditional literature on comparative politics and the one on European interest representation.

"Dieser Vortrag rollt die Frage nach einer Makrosoziologie der Europäisierung auf: Welche Ungleichheitsbegriffe und -koordinaten charakterisieren die gesamteuropäische Konfliktdynamik in einer globalisierten Welt? Reflexive Modernisierung sozialer Ungleichheit ist in zwei Schritten zum Thema geworden: zum einen durch die Individualisierungs-Debatte, die seit Mitte der 1980er die Soziologie bewegt. Zum anderen kritisiere ich hier den methodologischen Nationalismus soziologischer Theorie und Forschung: Mit einer gewissen Fassungslosigkeit bemerkt derjenige, der versucht, den Blick für die innere Globalisierung und horizontale Europäisierung nationalgesellschaftlicher Räume zu öffnen, wie tief die Soziologie nach wie vor in unreflektierter Gefangenschaft des Nationalstaates theoretisiert und forscht. Die Folge ist, Soziologie ist und macht blind für die europäische 'Gesellschaft', in der wir leben." (Autorenreferat)

This article introduces the theme of "Europeanization" in the context of the focus on contemporary southern & Mediterranean Europe. In applying the term "periphery" to the region, it argues that the major contrasts that exist between it & the "core" EU states serve to highlight in stark terms the challenges endemic within the Europeanization process. It explores the different meanings of "Europeanization" & argues that it necessitates a broad focus & a complex ontology. The case studies that follow are placed within the perspective of domestic institutional adaptation, albeit in a multi-tiered, core-periphery setting. The southern experience highlights the dynamism, asymmetry, & fragmentation of the Europeanization process. These attributes are of increasing significance both to an understanding of the patterns of change underway in the region & to the future stability & cohesion of the EU itself. 55 References. Adapted from the source document.

A seminal text in European studies, which addresses issues of research design and causal analysis. The chapters draw on different methodological traditions, notions of causality, and methods and use strong research design to address substantive problems in public policy, party politics, foreign policy and legislative studies

A iniciativa política que visa aprofundar e reforçar as relações entre a UE e a Moldávia insere-se no contexto da Parceria Oriental, lançada em 2009 no âmbito da Política Europeia de Vizinhança. Este artigo visa identificar as vias de Europeização da Moldávia, considerando as tensões envolvidas na alternativa de cooperação e modelo para sociedade civil, instituições, políticas e economia, representada pela União Econômica Eurasiática. A Europeização ocorre de forma diferente no caso de países fora da UE, especialmente no caso das novas democracias que têm a UE como parceiro externo relevante. Tendo como ponto de partida a Agenda de Associação do Acordo de Associação, este artigo visa analisar as evidências da Europeização na Moldávia, observando os regulamentos, leis e alterações à lei implementados pelo Governo da Moldávia, conforme avaliado nos relatórios de implementação. A contribuição conceitual de Gawrich et al. (2009), assim como dados de diferentes fontes como o Banco Mundial e pesquisas selecionadas são utilizados nesta investigação. Espera-se contribuir com a criação de um modelo de análise que possa ser aplicado em outros casos e promover uma comparação do potencial impacto da Europeização nos países vizinhos da UE.

In this article we take advantage of the availability of European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) data to address both weak and strong versions of the Europeanization of reference groups thesis. The former proposes that common standards of evaluation emerge as a consequence of knowledge of conditions in other societies. The latter argues that people increasingly perceive themselves as part of a larger European stratification system. Our analysis leads us to reject both versions of the thesis. Material deprivation rather than having a uniform effect is highly dependent on national context. If a process of convergence is underway, it is one that as yet has had a limited impact. In circumstances where the Europeanization of inequality is raising issues relating to both national and transnational forms of legitimacy, it is important to understand that there is no necessary relationship between such Europeanization and the Europeanization of reference groups.