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The dileman of flexibilit in the spatial development of science parks : the case og METU-Technopolis
Kızıltaş, Mustafa İhsan; Günay, Baykan; Department of City and Regional Planning (2006)
In 1970’s, significant shifts occurred both in planning and design theories as a response to the decreasing role of state in property relations and widening arena of private property. This shift in planning approaches led to an increase in the importance of ‘flexibility’ concept. However this study proposes that flexibility in the control of spatial development is not an indisputable solution, but rather it is a dilemma. This is because; the definition, degree and effect of flexibility may change in every s...
The EuroMed Youth Programme and Arab Mediterranean youth: a realist vision
Göksel, Asuman; Şenyuva, Özgehan (2018-04-01)
The EU's EuroMed Youth Programme has for a long time been the only one exclusively aimed at young people in Arab Mediterranean countries. Using a policy evaluation framework, this article argues that this programme is a direct reflection of the EU policy for the Mediterranean, which is more focused on a diagnosis based on the contextualisation of the problem than on the social reality and the needs and expectations of the region's young people. Although it has been beneficial for the few young people who ha...
The concept of behavioural additionality of public support for private R&D and a methodological proposal for an evaluation framework in Turkey
Gök, Abdullah; Geray, Haluk; Department of Science and Technology Policy Studies (2006)
The changes in the behaviour of the innovating firm that would not have been the case in the absence of the public support, behavioural additionality, is investigated in this thesis. The theoretical foundations of the concept along with the existing evaluation attempts worldwide are analysed. The need for evaluation in Turkey is established. The design of the TÜBİTAK-TEYDEB programme in question along with the related policy context is described to form a basis for the evaluation of the behavioural addition...
The Kurdish nalionalist movement: Opportunity, mobilization and identity
Yegen, Mesut (Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2008-08-01)
The critical analysis of alternative local government experiences in Turkey: the case of Hozat Municipality
Bozkurt, Engin; Ersoy, Melih; Department of Urban Policy Planning and Local Governments (2011)
When analyzed within Marxist theory understandings, local governments can be considered as a body of administrative, political, social and economic relations which are defined in a certain spatial scale based on uneven development of capital accumulation. This definition removes the local governments from the context of a simple organizational-administrative problem and places them into a political context. Hence, as experience and strategies of socialist customs in our country is investigated regarding loc...
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