Articulating difference: The problem of the other in international political economy

This paper demonstrates that advancing our understanding of international political economy (IPE) entails posing the question of otherness and difference as an object of theoretical and historical inquiry. It suggests that the discourses of postmodernism, feminism, and postcolonial criticism directly contribute to IPE by locating the problematic of identity/difference at the center of the dialectic of social change. By pinpointing the strength and the problematic nature of each of these discourses, it argues that the reconstruction of IPE based on the recognition of difference requires ‘an empathetic cooperation’ among these discourses as a precondition for the creation of a dialogical interaction between theoretical discourse and subject-positions to whom it is addressed. © 1995 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC

Globalización, Modernidad y Democracia. El caso de Turquía

Desde el 11-S el discurso del “choque de civilizaciones” ha jugado un papel importante en la conformación de los asuntos mundiales, y ha llevado a una codificación del islam como negación de la modernidad secular y de la democracia liberal. En este contexto, han sido varias las respuestas a la urgente necesidad de luchar contra el terrorismo: “la exportación de la democracia mediante la guerra y la ocupación”, para unos, y el llamamiento a una “gobernanza democrática global” como base para la coexistencia entre diferentes culturas y civilizaciones, para otros. El presente artículo se orienta hacia esta última opción proponiendo el caso de Turquía como ejemplo paradigmático de una “modernidad alternativa” que ha experimentado, aunque no sin dificultades, la coexistencia del islam con la modernidad y la democracia

European Integration and the Transformation of Turkish Democracy. CEPS EU-Turkey Working Papers No. 2, 1 August 2004

This paper’s general argument is that the Copenhagen political criteria constitute the leverage that is making Turkish modernisation and democratisation more plural, multi-cultural and consolidated. In the first section, a historical overview of modern Turkey is undertaken from the perspective of political modernisation and democratic consolidation in order to assess Turkey’s ability to meet the requirements of the Copenhagen political criteria. The second section evaluates the impact of EU conditionality and the remaining problems and prospects in four major areas – the role of the military, human rights, protection of minorities and the judicial system. The paper concludes with the assessment that the dynamic process of change underway requires the continuation of efforts by Turkey to fully implement the Copenhagen political criteria and a credible policy of conditionality by the EU that respects the principle of fairness in relations between the two sides

Globalization and Turkey: Economy, Society and Culture

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Modernity, secularism and Islam: The case of Turkey

Desde el 11-S el discurso del “choque de civilizaciones” ha jugado un papel importante en la conformación de los asuntos mundiales, y ha llevado a una codificación del islam como negación de la modernidad secular y de la democracia liberal. En este contexto, han sido varias las respuestas a la urgente necesidad de luchar contra el terrorismo: “la exportación de la democracia mediante la guerra y la ocupación”, para unos, y el llamamiento a una “gobernanza democrática global” como base para la coexistencia entre diferentes culturas y civilizaciones, para otros. El presente artículo se orienta hacia esta última opción proponiendo el caso de Turquía como ejemplo paradigmático de una “modernidad alternativa” que ha experimentado, aunque no sin dificultades, la coexistencia del islam con la modernidad y la democraciaAfter September 11th the discourse of the “clash of civilizations” has played a key role in global issues. Besides, as a consequence of this discourse, Islam has been catalogued as the negation of secular modernity and liberal democracy. In this context, several solutions have been sought in order to fight against global terrorism: either “exporting democracy through war and occupation”, on the one hand, or claiming for a “global democratic governance” as the foundation for the coexistence among different cultures and civilizations, on the other. This article follows this last option and presents Turkey as a paradigmatic example of an “alternative modernity” which has experienced, even if with historical difficulties, the coexistence of Islam with democracy and modernit

Turkish foreign policy in the era of global turmoil

E. Fuat Keyma