A critical reading of the discourses of europeanization and multi-level

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2004
Öner, Nilgün
This thesis analyzes the transformation of the European Nation State and the effects of the discourses on Europeanization and Governance on the European Union Integration process. European policies had penetrated into the political systems of its member states as a result of European Integration process. As a result, discourses on Europeanization changed domestic political structures and modes of governance. This process of Europeanization requires a new system of governance and the recent debates are shaped on this discourse.

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N. Öner, “A critical reading of the discourses of europeanization and multi-level,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2004.