Chapter 1. Introduction: Imagining Europe in Times of War and Crisis: Youth Perceptions of European Integration in its Periphery -- Chapter 2. “Romania’s Paradox” – Youth Perceptions of EU’s Identity and Legitimacy During Poly-crisis -- Chapter 3. Reflections on Emerging Perspectives: Kosovan Youth Narratives and their Path toward EU Integration -- Chapter 4. Albanian Youth Perceptions on the EU Accession Path - Amidst Expectations and Discontent: Exploring the Breeding Ground of Euro (Scepticism) -- Chapter 5. A Dream or a Dread? Perceptions of the North Macedonian Youth on European Integration -- Chapter 6. Contesting or Supporting? EU Integration Project and Georgian Youth -- Chapter 7. Exploring Turkish Youth Perceptions of the European Project: A Periphery Perspective -- Chapter 8. Conclusion: The Periphery’s Agency and Recommendations for the EU’s Approach to the Young Population in the Periphery.

This book aims to explore the perceptions of the EU integration by the young population in its “periphery”. It thereby bridges the gap between perceptions studies, youth studies, and the center-periphery conceptual framework. The chapters in the volume make use of data generated from focus group meetings with university students aged between 18-30 (which is the age range generally used by the European Social Survey to group young citizens) in Romania, Kosovo, Albania, North Macedonia, Georgia and Turkiye.