Political Science Research and Education

Abstract Hierarchy-centered approaches to IR promise to deliver what anarchy-centered approaches have not: a framework for theorizing and empirically analyzing world politics as a global system rather than just an international one. At the core of this proposition are three features of hierarchical systems as they are…

• AYŞE ZARAKOL JAJICH

Contrary to what is often assumed, norm-internalisation does not always lead to compliance. Normative judgements may be simultaneously internalised and outwardly rejected. Non-compliance is at times a result of hyper-awareness of the particular origin of norms, rather than an unwillingness of the would-be-recipients t…

• AYŞE ZARAKOL JAJICH

Structural theories have advanced our understanding of International Relations (IR). This article contends that the two leading structural realist frameworks, however, rely too heavily on an ascribed unit motivation and core dynamic that are not derived from structure. This ultimately weakens both theories' explanator…

• HASAN BASRİ YALÇIN

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The main point of departure for this article is the incapacity of current international relations theorizing to explain both change and continuity without shifting between levels of analysis. The previous research agenda on system studies was renounced before it realized its potential. The concept of a subsystem has g…

• HALUK ÖZDEMİR

Abstract This paper critiques a core premise of Global IR: the association of knowledge with geography, which we term geo-epistemology. It argues that ‘American’ and Global IR share a Eurocentric spatial imaginary, one that was a product of Western expansion and empire. Through its geo-epistemology, Global IR enables…

• AYŞE ZARAKOL JAJICH

Abstract This paper critiques a core premise of Global IR: the association of knowledge with geography, which we term geo-epistemology. It argues that ‘American’ and Global IR share a Eurocentric spatial imaginary, one that was a product of Western expansion and empire. Through its geo-epistemology, Global IR enables…

• AYŞE ZARAKOL JAJICH

This article gives a broad overview of Turkish public administration research over the past 20 years and Turkey’s current situation of public administration education. It presents descriptive findings and discusses, compares, and contrasts them with previous research in the United States and Turkey. It examines public…

• MURAT ÖNDER

The study of public policy is getting increasingly important around the world in the field of public administration. As an assessment of this development by examining undergraduate courses in Turkey, this article shows the historical development and current status of undergraduate-level public policy courses in Turkey…

• CENAY BABAOĞLU

This article provides a reassessment of the literature on the transformative impact of the EU on Turkey through the lens of the ‘Europeanisation research programme’. It relies on systematic examination of a sample of the literature based on substantive findings, research design and methods. It suggests that this sampl…

• EBRU ERTUGAL ÖZVEREN

The study of e-government is becoming increasingly important around the world in the field of public administration. This article examines the historical development, current status, and future prospects of graduate e-government courses in Turkish public administration programs. To that end, we performed content analy…

• METE YILDIZ

The study of e-government is becoming increasingly important around the world in the field of public administration. This article examines the historical development, current status, and future prospects of graduate e-government courses in Turkish public administration programs. To that end, we performed content analy…

• CENAY BABAOĞLU