Expanding fortress Europe?: Enlargement and the EU's justice and home affairs policies

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Tezin Türü: Doktora

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Marmara Üniversitesi, Avrupa Araştırmaları Enstitüsü, Avrupa Birliği Siyaseti ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Anabilim Dalı (İngilizce), Türkiye

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2007

Tezin Dili: İngilizce

Öğrenci: CATHERİNE MACMİLLAN

Danışman: Armağan Emre Çakır

Özet:

The thesis attempts a neofunctionalist analysis of the development of the EU?s JHA policies, and of the extension of these policies to the new MS and candidate countries, including Turkey. The purpose of this analysis is twofold:Firstly, it aims to facilitate a better understanding of the processes contributing to the development of the current JHA acquis. Indeed, it appears that there are various forces behind the development of JHA, which roughly correspond to the neofunctionalist categories of functional, political and cultivated spillover. Although perhaps not perfectly, JHA seems to fit the neofunctionalist pattern closely enough to provide convincing support for the argument that JHA is not entirely in the hands of the Member States.A second goal is a clearer comprehension of the enlargement process, particularly JHA, and its consequences for the new members and candidates. Here too, neofunctionalism provides a convincing framework. Moreover, the Copenhagen Criteria have a striking resemblence to the neofunctionalist background conditions, preparing fertile ground for integration in an enlarged EU.However, over-stringent conditions may have the opposite effect, eventually leading to spillback (a reversal of integration). Indeed, an analysis of the effects of JHA on the new members and candidates reveals that, due to its unilateral imposition, these countries have been left with many difficulties in this area. If not tackled, these may lead to considerable disillusionment with JHA and the EU itself, and eventually increased spillback. For this reason, then, potential solutions are suggested in the thesis.