This dissertation develops a theory regarding the conditions under which states will intervene militarily to end humanitarian crises abroad. I argue that states contemplating intervention are likely to undertake and sustain it only where they believe that they will be able to av…
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Most research on political parties and civil society focuses on Western Europe and Latin America, while on the other hand research on civil liberties and political rights examines postcolonial nations. But how do political parties and civil society impact civil liberties and pol…
'Turkish Republican citizenship and rights to the city' explores the significance of the city in the constitutions, contestations, and transformations of Turkish citizenship. While it focuses on the republican era after 1923, it also takes into account the nineteenth century ref…
This research questions the "role model" status of the Turkish Republic with respect to the advancement of female agency in the secular context with a specific reference to the women with headscarves. The Turkish Republic's commitment to modernization is what renders it a role m…
This dissertation takes an actor-oriented approach to examining translation, reformulation, and rejection of transnational gender and rights-based development interventions in rural, south-central Niger. These actions are contextualized in complex power relations and social hier…
This dissertation analyzes the extent to which France and Germany protect the cultural rights of minorities. The focus is on domestic laws and policies that safeguard specific cultural traditions considered constitutive of the way of life of immigrants. I investigate this questi…