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Item Open Access Capital's response to globalization : "a comparative analysis of the adjustment patterns of mark-ups in post-liberalization developing countries"(Bilkent University, 2004) Buturak, GökhanIn this thesis, I investigate the capital’s response to the new world economic order termed as “globalization”. It is asserted in many theoretical and popular writings that increased pressures of global competition would squeeze the profit margins and reduce capital returns. I discuss this proposition theoretically and then test for it using manufacturing data for a selected group of developing countries under post-liberalization. I utilize time series and panel data econometrics to study the behavior of markups (gross profit margins) against wage costs, trade openness, and investment share in the GDP as a proxy for capacity utilization. Contrary to expectations, I find no significant conclusive evidence on the sign of “openness” on profit margins in many countries of my sample. My results also reveal that though mark-ups are negatively related with real wage costs in most of the Latin American countries in my sample, they have a positive and statistically significant relation to real wage costs in Turkish manufacturing. Finally, investment shares and mark-ups reveal a negative relationship for Argentina and Turkey and a positive one for Colombia.Item Open Access Situating the question of national identity : The Turkish case in a global context(Bilkent University, 1998) Peker, Aslı ÖzgürThis thesis adresses the question of national identity in contemporary Turkey, with reference to the impact of globalization on national identity in general. It is suggested that globalization has a fragmenting effect on national identities and Turkey is also effected from this process. As a result of both the challenge of globalization and internal dynamics, Kemalism as the dominant code of definition of national identity in Turkey, faces a crisis. The thesis also adresses some recent developments in Turkey such as the strengthening of political Islam, the Kurdish movement, and the rise of Turkish nationalism within the framework of the above argument.Item Open Access Spill over effect of environmental consciousness: The Bergama environmental movement in Turkey(Bilkent University, 2001) Gezgör, BurcuThis thesis describes and analyses the Bergama environmental movement case in Tuikey that leceived a great attention in Turkish public opinion and interacted with vaiious actois. The Bergama case, which was triggered by the Eurogold company's gold mining opeiation using cyanide, illustrates the struggle of villagers in different forms of piotests and actions. In this study, we present an integrated approach by using two theoiies namely Resource Mobilization (RM) and New Social Movement (NSM) to piovide a comprehensive explanation of the social movement. This analysis indicates that inci easing awareness concerning a variety of issues such as environmental ones can cause people develop their capacity in dealing with problems and organizing actions. Consequently, they were enlightened to stand up for their rights, encouraged to participate in the decision- making process and introduced social and cultiu"al changes in their lives.