Europeanisation in Turkish Water Management Policy

Burçin Demirbilek

doi:10.5771/9781666901641

Summary

Rational institutionalism’s theoretical explanations for external Europeanisation focus on material incentives such as accession conditionality in determining change in non-EU states. However, such exogenous explanations struggle to interpret ongoing Europeanisation where accession incentives have declined or even reversed (‘stalled’ accession), but institutional adjustment still continues. This Europeanization phenomenon is evident in Turkey, a state that had actively pursued EU membership between 1999 and 2004, resulting in domestic institutional reform to align governance structures with the EU. Thereafter, Europeanisation has reversed in some policy sectors but nonetheless continued in others such as Turkish water policy, despite a declining accession process. Rational institutional arguments therefore appear to lose explanatory power for such events post-2005. An alternative theoretical proposition forwarded is that the EU accession process embedded a self-sustaining cycle of socialization through social learning around water policy norms amongst policy actors that has continued beyond this accession imperative.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-0163-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-0164-1
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 246
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. 1. Figure No access
  2. Tables No access
  3. Appendices No access
4. Acknowledgements No access
5. 1. Explaining Europeanisation under Declining Accession Incentives No access
  2. A Brief Review of Turkey–EU Relations No access
  3. The Europeanisation of Turkish Water Policy No access
  4. Aims, Objectives and Questions of the Book No access
  5. Methodological Framework and Data Collection No access
  6. The Structure of the Book No access
  7. Notes No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Studies of External Downloading No access
3. Conditionality Effectiveness No access
4. The Effectiveness of EU Conditionality and Compliance in Turkey No access
5. The Effectiveness of the Conditionality Mechanism: A Europeanisation Perspective No access
6. Alternative Theoretical Arguments No access
7. A Sociological Institutionalism Perspective? No access
8. Summary No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Conceptualising Europeanisation Theory No access
3. Conceptualising Europeanisation: Definitional Problems No access
4. Reconceptualising Europeanisation Processes No access
5. Theorising Europeanisation: Institutionalism No access
6. Sociological Institutionalism: Socialisation and Social Learning No access
7. Summary No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Implementing the Water Framework Directive: Context No access
3. Phase 1: Implementation of the WFD in Turkey 1999–2006 No access
4. Phase 2: Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA I) 2007–2013 No access
5. Phase 3: Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA II) 2014–present No access
6. A Sociological Institutionalism Analysis of Europeanisation in Turkish Water Policy No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. Notes No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Konya (Closed) Basin No access
3. Analysis of Social Learning at Konya (Closed) Basin across Three Stages No access
4. Analysis of Socialisation at Konya (Closed) Basin across Three Stages No access
5. Conclusions No access
6. Notes No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Büyük Menderes River Basin No access
3. Analysis of Social Learning at the Büyük Menderes Basin across Three Stages No access
4. Analysis of Socialisation at the Büyük Menderes Basin across Three Stages No access
5. Conclusions No access
6. Notes No access
1. Introduction No access
2. How Has the EU Water Framework Directive been Implemented in Turkey? No access
3. To What Extent Can Rational Theory Explain These Implementation Patterns? No access
4. Even if there is a decreasing credibility of Turkey’s EU accession, how can a sociological institutionalism perspective explain Europeanisation in Turkey’s water governance? No access
5. What Are the Implications for Policy Recommendations and Future Policy Predictions with Regard to the Consequences of This Study? No access
6. Summary No access
7. Note No access
1. The Added Value of the Study to the Literature No access
2. Summary No access
1. Appendix 1: Interview Questions No access
2. Appendix 2: Information Sheet and Consent Form for Research No access
Bibliography No access Pages 213 - 242
Index No access Pages 243 - 245
About the Author No access Pages 246 - 246