Browsing Dept. of Political Science and Public Administration - Master's degree by Title
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Against its modernist grounds: rethinking clientelism
(Bilkent University, 2001)This thesis is an attempt to highlight an arbitrariness and vagueness in the academic usage of the concept of clientelism. It is argued that these deficiencies in the usage of the concept arise from a bias inherent to ... -
Analyzing the early republican ideology with specific reference to the Turkish literature : 1930-1945
(Bilkent University, 2000)Having taken for granted that there exists a certain but nonlinear relation between political ideology and literature, this thesis seeks to trace the early republican political project vis a vis development of the Turkish ... -
The appeal of social capital: analyzing the conceptualization of the concept
(Bilkent University, 2018-06)This thesis aims to make an analysis of conceptualization and operationalization of the concept of ‘social capital’ in the social sciences. Therefore, this thesis looks for answers to the questions such as why the ... -
Bipolar disorder : "The West and the Rest"
(Bilkent University, 2002)he current ‘War on Terror’ has revitalized the language of friends and enemies, us and them, good and evil. The whole world has been forced to choose sides: are you with the terrorists or are you with the ‘freedom loving ... -
Bülent Ecevit : continuity and change in his political views
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Bülent Ecevit as a political leader
(Bilkent University, 1998)The objective of this-thesis is to analyze the importance and necessity of the effective leadership in politics in general and in Turkey in particular. In doing so, the thesis provides a theoretical framework of 'leadership' ... -
A case in diaspora nationalism : Crimean Tatars in Turkey
(Bilkent University, 2000)"Diaspora", an old phenomenon, signifying dispersed people outside their homeland, who sustain their ties with their homeland and their co-ethnics, highly mobilized in politics in recent years, certainly in a new form. ... -
The case of Youth Party in the context of post-80 Turkish politics
(Bilkent University, 2003)The fundamental purpose of this thesis is to understand the birth and rise of Youth Party (YP) and its political stance. In order to achive this task, the transformation process of Turkish politics in the post-80 era ... -
The changing nature of Islamism in Turkey : a comparison of Erbakan and Erdoğan
(Bilkent University, 2002)The present study discusses the impact of the general change with the rise of new tendencies in Turkish politics on Islamist groups. The main purpose in writing this thesis is that of investigating the differences and ... -
Children's picture book and fairy tales in Turkey: a study in political socialization
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Civil society and democratic consolidation : the case of TUSIAD
(Bilkent University, 2002)This thesis questions the relationship between civil society and democratic consolidation. By referring to the development of the concept of civil society and civil society organizations in Turkey, this study focuses on ... -
Coalition governments in Turkey: "Office-Seeking or Policy-Pursuing?" A structural approach
(Bilkent University, 1996)This study examines Turkish coalition government experiences to find answer to the question of whether they were office-seeking coalitions or policyoriented ones. Accordingly, the theoretical framework is proposed to ... -
A comparative analysis of the 1960 and 1980 military interventions in Turkey
(Bilkent University, 1995)The objective of this thesis is to analyse the evolution of the role of the military in Turkish politics as the guardian of the state. In doing so, the thesis provides a comparative analysis of the 1960 and the 1980 ... -
Conceptualizing the definition of terrorism in light of the developments in the fields of academics, history and legislation
(Bilkent University, 2005)The basic question to be answered in this thesis is: Is there a way to reach a consensus about a generally accepted definition of terrorism by using the perspectives of history and legitimacy in the World Community? The ... -
The construction of the republican discourse through interventions in public space
(Bilkent University, 2004)This thesis is on the construction of the early republican discourse through the interventions in public space. These interventions are the construction of Ankara as the national center and the two monuments, The Victory ... -
Costs and benefits to Turkey in its relations with the United States : the Cold War and after
(Bilkent University, 2003)Turkey’s relations with the United States have always been a diagnostic element not only for its foreign policy but also its economic and sociological structure. As a global power, the US has always interested in the ... -
A critical approach to gecekondu studies in Turkey with a reference to the modernization theory
(Bilkent University, 1999)The thesis reviews the Turkish gecekondu literature by a critical approach through a historical perspective. The studies are examined on the basis of conceptual and methodological approaches. They are critically investigated ... -
The cultural policies of Turkish Republic during the establishment of nation state (1923-1938)
(Bilkent University, 2000)This study aims to analyse the understanding of cultural politics during the establishment period of Turkish Republic. It is argued that this understanding of culturai politics is ideologically shaped by Kemalism that ... -
Deterritorialization and the modern state : the case of European integration
(Bilkent University, 2002)This thesis examines the impact of deterritorialization as an important dimension of globalization on the contemporary evolution of the modern state. The modern state has been a territorial phenomenon in the sense it has ...
