Part 1: Why Expand? Enlargement from the Perspective of the International Organization 1. Explaining Institutional Widening: Theories and Hypotheses 2. Turkey’s Progress towards EU Membership 3. Cyprus’ Progress towards EU Membership: Intermediate Conclusion to Question 1 and Solution to puzzle A Part 2: Why join? Enlargement from the Perspective of the Candidate States 4. Explaining Membership Application: Theories and Hypotheses 5. Turkey’s Membership Application to the EU 6. Cyprus’ Membership Application to the EU: Intermediate Conclusion to Question 2: No Puzzle Part 3: Why Comply? Socialization from the Perspective of the Candidate States 7. Explaining International Socialization: Theories and Hypotheses 8. Turkey's Progress towards Compliance 9. Cyprus’ Progress towards Compliance: Intermediate Conclusion to Question 3 and Solution to Puzzle B 10. Concluding Remarks: EU Enlargement, Socialization, and Beyond
Biography
Stefan Engert is a research fellow at the J. W. Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He is the co-author of International Socialization in Europe: European organizations, political conditionality and democratic change.
