ABSTRACT
THE NGOs AS POLICY ACTORS:
THE CASE OF TÜ / SiAD WITH REGARD TO TURKEY&rsquo / S EU
MEMBERSHIP
GÜ / NDEM, Sebnem
Master of Science, Department of European Studies
Supervisor: Associate Prof. Dr. ihsan Dagi
January 2004, 130 pages
This study explores the effectiveness of NGOs within the policy process and
governments&rsquo / decisions based on the case of TÜ / SiAD&rsquo / s activities with regard
to Turkey&rsquo / s full membership process in the European Union. It firstly explains
the process by which NGOs&rsquo / have become &ldquo / actors&rdquo / in world politics. The
thesis, then, scrutinizes the role of NGOs in the policy process with regard to
pluralist and corporatist paradigms and the concept of power since policy
process can not be well understood without this theoretical background. After
examining the roles of NGOs, especially the lobbying one, the importance of
NGOs and strength of civil society for Turkey&rsquo / s integration to the European
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12604774/index.pdf |
Date | 01 March 2004 |
Creators | Gundem, Sebnem |
Contributors | Dagi, Ihsan |
Publisher | METU |
Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | M.S. Thesis |
Format | text/pdf |
Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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