Research Article

The Role of Turkish Civil Society in Political Decision Making

Volume: 74 Number: 3 July 29, 2019
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The Role of Turkish Civil Society in Political Decision Making

Abstract

For consolidation of democracies, political scientists recognize the normative ideal that civil society should be given an enhanced role in political decision-making. Analysis of such role is very central to the study of political science and especially for democratic theory. To assess such role, one needs to understand civil society organizations’ interactions with the larger political system and its actors, their activeness in policy making processes and impact of all these over policy outcomes. This article first examines the content and methods of the literature on the impacts of the European Union (EU) process over the transformation of civil society realm in Turkey. The article points to lack of empirical research within this literature on the civil society organizations’ characteristics of involvement to decision making processes. In this respect, the article reveals the convenience of the methodological approaches of the literature on interest group influence and demonstrates how the literature on Turkish civil society can benefit from these contributions. The article draws attention to the need for future studies to empirically assess the characteristics and transformation of Turkish civil society’s participation to the decision-making processes.

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References

  1. Referans 1 Bee, C. and Ayhan Kaya (2017), “Between practices and demands: ambiguities, controversies and constraints in the emergence of active citizenship in Turkey”, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 17 (3): 301-324.

Details

Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

July 29, 2019

Submission Date

January 11, 2018

Acceptance Date

July 2, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 74 Number: 3

APA
Kuşku Sönmez, E. (2019). The Role of Turkish Civil Society in Political Decision Making. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi, 74(3), 961-981. https://doi.org/10.33630/ausbf.536428
AMA
1.Kuşku Sönmez E. The Role of Turkish Civil Society in Political Decision Making. SBF Dergisi. 2019;74(3):961-981. doi:10.33630/ausbf.536428
Chicago
Kuşku Sönmez, Eda. 2019. “The Role of Turkish Civil Society in Political Decision Making”. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi 74 (3): 961-81. https://doi.org/10.33630/ausbf.536428.
EndNote
Kuşku Sönmez E (July 1, 2019) The Role of Turkish Civil Society in Political Decision Making. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi 74 3 961–981.
IEEE
[1]E. Kuşku Sönmez, “The Role of Turkish Civil Society in Political Decision Making”, SBF Dergisi, vol. 74, no. 3, pp. 961–981, July 2019, doi: 10.33630/ausbf.536428.
ISNAD
Kuşku Sönmez, Eda. “The Role of Turkish Civil Society in Political Decision Making”. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi 74/3 (July 1, 2019): 961-981. https://doi.org/10.33630/ausbf.536428.
JAMA
1.Kuşku Sönmez E. The Role of Turkish Civil Society in Political Decision Making. SBF Dergisi. 2019;74:961–981.
MLA
Kuşku Sönmez, Eda. “The Role of Turkish Civil Society in Political Decision Making”. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi, vol. 74, no. 3, July 2019, pp. 961-8, doi:10.33630/ausbf.536428.
Vancouver
1.Eda Kuşku Sönmez. The Role of Turkish Civil Society in Political Decision Making. SBF Dergisi. 2019 Jul. 1;74(3):961-8. doi:10.33630/ausbf.536428

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