SOSYAL BİLİMLERDE TEORİK MAKALE YAZIMI VE ULUSLARARASI İLİŞKİLER DİSİPLİNİNDEKİ YANSIMALARI

Year 2021, , 31 - 48, 16.02.2021

Damla Cihangir Tetik

https://doi.org/10.30794/pausbed.812589

Abstract

Sosyal bilimler, dünyanın nasıl işlediğinden söz etmek için sürekli teorilere, bir diğer deyişle kuramlara, başvurur. Uluslararası ilişkiler disiplininde teori, uluslararası sistemi ve onu etkileyen tüm faktörleri sistematik ve ampirik bir şekilde açıklamaya yardımcı olmaktadır. Uluslararası ilişkiler teorileri, uluslararası ilişkiler disiplininin araştırma alanına giren her türlü aktör, kavram, küresel, bölgesel ya da yerel gelişme, dış politika yapımı, uluslararası sistemin, devletlerarası ilişkilerin, uluslararası örgütlerin, uluslararası politik ekonominin unsurlarını açıklayabilmektedir. Bu anlamda tek bir doğru açıklamadan bahsetmek mümkün değildir. Bu nedenle, bu çalışma, sosyal bilimler alanında teorik bir makale yazarken başta Türkiye’de akademideki öğrencilerin ve araştırmacıların yaşadığı zorluklara çözüm bulmaya çalışırken, uluslararası ilişkiler disiplininde teorik araştırmanın kapsamını ve önemini de vurgulamayı hedeflemektedir. Böylelikle, bu çalışma, genel olarak “sosyal bilimlerde teorik bir makale nasıl yazılır?” sorusuna odaklanırken, özel olarak dünya siyasetinde sistematik olarak gözlemlenen olayların uluslararası ilişkiler disiplinin bir veya birden çok teorisiyle harmanlanarak nasıl bir bilimsel araştırma yapılacağını ve bunun makale haline getirileceğini açıklamayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu kapsamda, bu çalışma ilk olarak sosyal bilimlerde ve uluslararası ilişkiler alanında teori kavramını ve akademik araştırmadaki önemini; ikinci olarak uluslararası ilişkiler alanından teori örnekleriyle teorinin parçalarını açıklamaktadır. Daha sonra, teorik bir makalenin amacından ve yazım ilkelerinden bahsetmektedir. Sonunda, uluslararası ilişkiler alanından özgün teorik makale örnekleri sunmaktadır. Aynı zamanda bu çalışma, Türkiye’de akademide genel olarak sosyal bilimlerdeki ve özel olarak uluslararası ilişkiler alanındaki teorik açıklama ve araştırma yöntemleri literatürüne katkı sağlamayı amaçlamaktadır.

Keywords

teori, teorik makale, araştırma yöntemleri, teorik açıklama, uluslararası ilişkiler teorileri

WRITING THEORETICAL ARTICLES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES AND ITS REFLECTIONS IN THE DISCIPLINE OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Abstract

Social sciences constantly refer to theories in order to explain how the world operates. In the discipline of international relations, theory helps to explain the international system and all of the factors that impact the system in a systemic and empirical way. Any theory of international relations can explain actors, concepts, any kind of global, national and local development, foreign policy making, elements of the international system, inter-state relations, international institutions and international political economy that the discipline of international relations covers. Therefore, it is not possible to talk about only one correct explanation. Thus, this article primarily tries to find solutions to the problems and challenges that students and researchers encounter in social sciences in Turkish academia while writing a theoretical article. Additionally, it aims to emphasize the extent and importance of theoretical research in the discipline of international relations. In this way, while this study focuses on the question of “how to write a theoretical article in social sciences?” in general, it specifically aims to explain how to conduct a scientific research by gathering global political developments observed systematically with one or more theories of international relations and how to render it into a theoretical article. Thus, this study first explains the concept of theory and its importance in social sciences and the discipline of international relations. Secondly, it explains the parts of a theory by giving examples from the theories of international relations. Then, it describes the aims and writing principles of a theoretical article. Finally, it provides examples of distinctive theoretical articles from the area of international relations. At the same time, this study aims to contribute to the literature of theoretical explanation and research methods in social sciences in general and particularly, in the area of international relations in Turkish academia.

Keywords

theory, theoretical explanation, theoretical article, research methods, theories of international relations

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