Description
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together leading scholars from various disciplines to analyse the Cyprus conflict from a number of perspectives. The result is a picture of Cyprus that is unique in the nuances and multiple facets it provides. -- .
Table of Contents1. Introduction – Nathalie Tocci and Thomas Diez
Part 1: The domestic determinants of conflict and resolution
2. Rational agent or unthinking follower? A survey-based profile analysis of Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot referendum voters – Alexandros Lordos
3. Economics and the politicisation of civil society: the Turkish-Cypriot case – Canan Balkir and Galip L. Yalman
4. Cypriot media and the production of conflict: newsworthiness versus the possibility of peace communication – Mashoed Bailie and Bekir Azgin
5. Intra-communal dynamics: EU discourses among Turkish-Cypriot political actors before and after the failed referenda – Erol Kaymak and Yücel Vural
Part 2: The external factors in conflict and resolution
6. UN peacemaking in Cyprus: from mediation to arbitration and beyond – James Ker-Lindsay
7. From consensus to conflict: changing perceptions of the Cyprus issue in the European Parliament, 1995–2006 – Susannah Verney
8. Re-imagining Cyprus: the rise of regionalism in Turkey’s security lexicon – Alper Kaliber
Part 3: Cyprus in comparative perspective
9. Compromising with facts, clashing with norms? Revisiting territoriality and sovereignty in Cyprus, Moldova and Bosnia – Eiki Berg
10. The Cyprus conflict in a comparative perspective: assessing the impact of European integration – Elise Féron and Fatma Güven Lisaniler
11. The EU’s competency in conflict resolution: the cases of Bosnia, Macedonia and Cyprus – Emel Akçali
Part 4: Cyprus beyond political science
12. The refugee factor in two protracted conflicts: Cyprus and Palestine compared – Peter Loizos and Tobias Kelly
13. Women of Cyprus at the crossroads between traditionalism, modernity and post modernity – Maria Hadjipavlou
14. Growing together? Prospects for economic convergence and reunification in Cyprus – Max Watson
15. The Cyprus problem at the European Court of Human Rights – Kudret Özersay and Ayla Gürel
Conclusions
16. Conclusion – Thomas Diez and Nathalie Tocci
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