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      Europeanisation, Sovereignty and Contested States: The EU in northern Cyprus and Palestine

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          Combining the literature on sovereignty and Europeanisation, this article investigates the engagement and impact of the European Union (EU) on contested states (states lacking recognition) through a comparative study of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) and Palestine. We find that characteristics of contested statehood mediate EU engagement and impact: the lack of international recognition limits EU’s engagement but encourages development promotion, international integration and assistance of local civil society. Lack of territorial control limits engagement, but ineffective government offers opportunities for development promotion and state-building. As such, and in addition to offering a rich empirical account of two prominent contested states, the article contributes to the discussion of international engagement by developing an innovative conceptual framework for understanding EU’s impact on contested states—a topic neglected within a literature dominated by conventional statehood or conflict resolution themes but very important given extensive international engagement in contested states—and related conflicts.

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                Author and article information

                Journal
                Br J Polit Int Relat
                Br J Polit Int Relat
                BPI
                spbpi
                British Journal of Politics & International Relations
                SAGE Publications (Sage UK: London, England )
                1369-1481
                1467-856X
                28 September 2017
                November 2017
                : 19
                : 4
                : 755-771
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
                [2 ]Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK
                Author notes
                [*]George Kyris, Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, UK. Email: g.kyris@ 123456bham.ac.uk
                Article
                10.1177_1369148117727534
                10.1177/1369148117727534
                6187298
                38fe6bce-21ff-4a1c-b3e2-2792849a0b56
                © The Author(s) 2017

                This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License ( http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page ( https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).

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                Funded by: Leverhulme Trust, FundRef https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000275;
                Award ID: ECF-2016-689
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                conflict,contested states,european union,europeanisation,sovereignty,statehood

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