Europeanization without substance? EU-Turkey relations and gender equality in employment

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buir.contributor.authorTsarouhas, Dimitri
dc.citation.epage796en_US
dc.citation.spage778en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber17en_US
dc.contributor.authorAybars, A. İ.en_US
dc.contributor.authorCopeland, P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTsarouhas, Dimitrien_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-21T16:02:55Z
dc.date.available2019-02-21T16:02:55Z
dc.date.issued2019en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of International Relationsen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper focuses on EU-Turkey relations through gender-related employment policy practices. We argue that Turkey is undergoing a process of ‘Europeanization without substance’, in which vague commitments and policy initiatives to enhance female labour force participation coexist uneasily with a contravening political discourse. This is not merely the result of a stalemate in accession negotiations, nor does it stem from the diversity of employment practices across the Union. It rather results from the deliberative discourses used by Turkey’s political leadership to selectively appropriate certain aspects of Europeanization to further a politically motivated agenda that, in essence, negates gender equality altogether. This, we argue in turn, is reflected in a set of practices, policy initiatives, and public statements that make substantive progress in EU-Turkey relations harder. This process is facilitated by the diminishing emphasis placed by the EU on gender equality in employment as manifested by the evolution of gender equality practices at EU level and reinforced by austerity-led policies during the economic crisis.
dc.identifier.doi10.1057/s41295-018-0125-2
dc.identifier.issn1472-4790
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/50056
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.publisherPalgrave Macmillan
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://doi.org/10.1057/s41295-018-0125-2
dc.source.titleComparative European Politicsen_US
dc.subjectCommunicative discourseen_US
dc.subjectEmployment policyen_US
dc.subjectEuropeanizationen_US
dc.subjectEU-Turkey relationsen_US
dc.subjectGender equalityen_US
dc.titleEuropeanization without substance? EU-Turkey relations and gender equality in employmenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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