|   |   | Abbreviations and acronyms |   |   | 
|   |   | Introduction |   | 1 | 
|   |   | Structure of the book 3 |   |   | 
| 1 |   | International politics of democratic consolidation: theoretical and conceptual perspectives |   | 6 | 
|   |   | Perspectives on democracy and democratic consolidation |   | 7 | 
|   |   | Democratic consolidation |   | 10 | 
|   |   | International relations and democratization |   | 25 | 
|   |   | International human rights |   | 33 | 
|   |   | International actors |   | 39 | 
|   |   | Conclusions |   | 41 | 
| 2 |   | The nature and impact of EU political conditionality |   | 43 | 
|   |   | The origin of EU conditionality |   | 44 | 
|   |   | EU conditionality in the Southern European cases |   | 44 | 
|   |   | EU conditionality in the Eastern European cases |   | 47 | 
|   |   | EU conditionality in the process of change |   | 55 | 
|   |   | The EUs instruments for the application of conditionality |   | 59 | 
|   |   | The impact of EU conditionality |   | 63 | 
|   |   | Conclusions |   | 71 | 
| 3 |   | EU conditionality and democracy in Turkey: the pre-Helsinki period |   | 72 | 
|   |   | Turkeys quest for membership and EU conditionality |   | 73 | 
|   |   | EU conditionality and the Customs Union |   | 77 | 
|   |   | EU conditionality after the Customs Union decision |   | 81 | 
|   |   | The impact of EU conditionality in the pre-Helsinki period |   | 89 | 
|   |   | Conclusions |   | 97 | 
| 4 |   | EU conditionality and democracy in Turkey: the post-Helsinki period |   | 100 | 
|   |   | The emergence of a conditionality mechanism for Turkey |   | 104 | 
|   |   | Turkeys response to European conditionality |   | 119 | 
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