The European Union and the Cyprus Conflict: Modern Conflict, Postmodern Union FROM THE PUBLISHER
This book is a multi-faceted exploration of the Cyprus conflict in Europe, which investigates the international settling of the conflict, its modernist features, particularly European influences over identity, and postmodernization as a possible solution. The contributors to this book not only pursue fresh theoretical perspectives in an area that has so far been largely under-theorized, but also critically examine current European policies in search of alternatives.
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Since the invasion of Turkey in the 1970s, the island nation of Cyprus has remained divided between a southern government recognized by the international community and a northern government commonly seen as being a puppet of Turkey. The 11 chapters o f this text, presented by Diez (U. of Birmingham, UK), analyze the problems and tensions emerging from the southern government's application for European Union membership. Central to the understanding of the problem, argues Diez, are the theoretical understandings of modernity and postmodernity as elaborated in contemporary international relations theory. Discourses of ethnicity, nationality, self-determination, and democratization are treated in separate chapters, which offer differing analyses and far from uniform advice. Distributed by Palgrave. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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