Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1983. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-91).

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2008. / Title from file title page. Joyce E. Many, committee chair; Mary Ariail, Randy Fair, Dana Fox, Carol Semonsky, committee members. Electronic text (240 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed July 7, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-229).

This research explores the impact of Eurasianism on Turkish foreign policy since the end of the Cold War. It investigates the discourses of Eurasianism and the way they are interpreted by the polity and consequently implemented in the foreign policy making in Turkey. In this sense, this research was carried out using literature reviews and interviews in order to respond to the following question: Considering that Turkey has increasingly been pursuing an active and multidimensional foreign policy since the end of the Cold War, how have the discourses of Eurasianism been influencing the contemporary Turkish foreign policy making? The research unpacks the dynamics of contemporary Turkish foreign policy and responds to the debate on whether or not Turkey’s international relations axis is shifting eastwards. Having questioned if such a foreign policy shift exists, the thesis then questions to what extent the process has been informed and channelled by Eurasianism by focussing on three periods since the early 1990s: Özal era (1983-1993), Cem era (1997-2002), Davutoğlu era (2003-2011). Finally, the research presents a set of conclusions on how Eurasianism has been a strong influence on foreign policy making in Turkey and what internal and external socio-economic and political factors have played a critical role in this process.

The thesis analyses the case studies of three truck manufacturing firms with the purpose of contributing to the body of knowledge concerning technical change in the manufacturing sector of developing countries. This is done by a) identifying some of the factors which influence technological efforts of the three major truck manufacturing firms in Turkey, b) analysing the nature (direction) and rate of technical change in the sector, and c) examining underlying mechanisms in the process of technical change by which additional technological capabilities have been acquired and workers' contribution to this process. Such knowledge forms an essential base on which an effective technology policy and industrialisation strategy can be formulated to promote post-investment technological development within firms. Part I first draws attention to the lack of empirically based analys is of techni ca 1 change whi ch takes into account macroeconomi c conditions and inter-firm differences in examining the main aspects of technical change such as determinants, the nature and rate of change. Then it gi ves an hi stori ca 1 revi ew of the Turk ish economy and the development of the Turkish automotive industry which is greatly influenced by industrialisation policies. This macroeconomic background provi des an understandi ng of the economi c envi ronment in which the case study firms operate and enables us to evaluate their technological behaviour. Part II presents the case studies of the three Turkish truck firms. It explores the firms' characteristics and historically exami nes thei r phys i ca 1 and economi c performance, and techno 1 ogi ca 1 efforts to generate technical change. Then it explores how and to what extent the macroeconomi c condi t ions i nfl uence thei r efforts for change. Part III draws lessons from the case studies by analysing significance of industrialisation policies that greatly determine the macroeconomic conditions and their effect on determining the nature, rate and impact of techni ca 1 change. Then it gi ves an i nter-fi rm comparative analysis to identify firm level factors which are also influential in the firms' technological dynamism.

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