Defne Gönenç
Biographic Data
| ID | 1260472 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Defne Gönenç |
| GIVEN NAMES | Defne |
| FAMILY NAME | Gönenç |
| SIGNATURE | GÖNENÇ D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yaşar University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5084-2447 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A three-layered categorisation of climate justice demands
Is the Environment a Political Issue? A View from Environmental Civil Society in the Aegean Region of Turkey
Is the environment a political issue or is it above politics? Do those who fight for environmental protection, the environmental civil society organizations (ENGOs), see the environment as an issue of politics or prefer to conceptualize it as a post-political phenomenon? In most societies, politics is viewed hesitantly. It is equated to activities undertaken legitimately only by the political parties and happening only in a parliamentary space. P…
A Dialectical Materialist Approach to Climate Justice
Introduction to the Special Issue “Turkey, Asia, and the EU in a Changing Global Order”
The special issue “Turkey, Asia, and the EU in a Changing Global Order” explores Turkey’s pivot towards Asia amidst a slowdown in its EU accession. It delves into Turkey’s increasing relations with Asia and its consequences for Turkey-EU relations. The issue also examines how Turkey’s growing ties with Asian actors affect its relationship with the EU, pondering whether these developments are competitive or complementary to Western interests withi…
Turkey’s Political Parties’ Asia Policies
Traditionally, Turkey has been an ally of the transatlantic bloc. As a NATO member, with a majority Muslim population and a free market economy, it was even hailed by Western powers as a model country in the 2000s. However, due to its acquisition of the S-400 missile defence system from Russia, its desire to be a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and its military presence in Syria and Libya, many analysts have argued that Turkey’s …
Political economy of Turkey’s pivot to Asia
This article examines Türkiye's increasingly complex relations with Asia from a political economy perspective, capitalizing on the notions of semi-periphery and sub-imperialism in an era marked by the crisis of globalization and a relative decline of US economic and technological power. It contends that the complexity of Türkiye-Asia relations and associated changes in Turkish foreign policy should be examined within the shifting global and domes…
Ecofeminist struggle for epistemic recognition beyond the EU? The case of Akbelen Forest in Turkey
The European Union (EU), renowned as a green normative power, has adopted ambitious policies to promote a more inclusive and just approach to global climate governance. Existing research has already highlighted how excluding issues related to gender and social inequities from the European Green Deal undermines the EU’s green credentials. Yet, what is often overlooked, is that the EU’s gender- and justice-blind climate policies also perpetuate epi…
Dayanıklılık Kavramına Alternatif olarak Çevresel Adalet
The notion of resilience is being increasingly used, without much criticism, in various areas of the development debate, involving climate migration. Nevertheless, the concept incorporates several weaknesses which are often ignored: it is a vague and non-transparent concept with shifting meanings, transfers the risk and responsibility of adaptation from the state onto the shoulders of individuals, and duplicates existing injustices. Thus, it prom…
Litigation as a Strategy for Environmental Movements Questioned
Litigation is being increasingly used by environmental movements in pursuit of justice as a last resort. The environmentally harmful actions of transnational corporations in addition to the incapability of international organizations and the unresponsiveness of states to inhibit this damage are pushing citizens to courts. However, courts’ ability to address environmental injustices remains dubious. This article problematizes the efficacy of litig…
Vassilis K. Fouskas, Shampa Roy-Mukherjee, Qingan Huang and Ejike Udeogu, China & the USA
Conceptualizing norm fusion through environmental rights
What happens when environmental protection is framed using human rights language? Here, a new type of norm change – norm fusion – is conceptualized. Linking norms derived from different issue areas, it is realized through continuous use of strategic frames obtained from various issues, acceptance of the norm by society, and action in accordance with the new norm. The fusion process is decentralized and dynamic, does not proceed at the same speed …
The politics of neoliberal transformation on the periphery
Financialization and neoliberal globalization have increased the dependency of peripheral countries on core economies. This paper tracks the neoliberalization processes of Greece and Turkey, two neighbouring countries on the periphery of Europe. By using a comparative political economy method and borrowing from the variegated capitalism literature, it critically investigates how these two Mediterranean countries were affected by the 2008 global f…
The global economic system and access and allocation in earth system governance
Ensuring sustainability of earth systems is intrinsically dependent on the incorporation of equity and fairness in the regimes and institutions that govern the global economy. Accordingly, to design effective and just earth system governance (ESG), it is crucial to understand how the global economic system affects access to and allocation of environmental benefits and burdens among people and countries around the world and what are the relevant c…
Litigation process of social movements as a driver of norm transformation
The political science and international relations literature has extensively analysed the role of norm entrepreneurs, states, and international institutions as relevant actors generating norm transformation. However, although social movements’ reliance on courts to address core social problems has become a significant phenomenon, the role of the litigation process of social movements in norm transformation is understudied. Social movements have a…
A Liberal Actor in a Realist World. The European Union Regulatory State and the Global Political Economy of Energy
A Liberal Actor in a Realist World. The European Union Regulatory State and the Global Political Economy of Energy." Europe-Asia Studies, 68(9), pp. 1611–1612
A Liberal Actor in a Realist World. The European Union Regulatory State and the Global Political Economy of Energy
A Liberal Actor in a Realist World. The European Union Regulatory State and the Global Political Economy of Energy." Europe-Asia Studies, 68(9), pp. 1611–1612
Ecofeminist struggle for epistemic recognition beyond the EU? The case of Akbelen Forest in Turkey
The European Union (EU), renowned as a green normative power, has adopted ambitious policies to promote a more inclusive and just approach to global climate governance. Existing research has already highlighted how excluding issues related to gender and social inequities from the European Green Deal undermines the EU’s green credentials. Yet, what is often overlooked, is that the EU’s gender- and justice-blind climate policies also perpetuate epi…
The global economic system and access and allocation in earth system governance
Ensuring sustainability of earth systems is intrinsically dependent on the incorporation of equity and fairness in the regimes and institutions that govern the global economy. Accordingly, to design effective and just earth system governance (ESG), it is crucial to understand how the global economic system affects access to and allocation of environmental benefits and burdens among people and countries around the world and what are the relevant c…
Litigation process of social movements as a driver of norm transformation
The political science and international relations literature has extensively analysed the role of norm entrepreneurs, states, and international institutions as relevant actors generating norm transformation. However, although social movements’ reliance on courts to address core social problems has become a significant phenomenon, the role of the litigation process of social movements in norm transformation is understudied. Social movements have a…
Political economy of Turkey’s pivot to Asia
This article examines Türkiye's increasingly complex relations with Asia from a political economy perspective, capitalizing on the notions of semi-periphery and sub-imperialism in an era marked by the crisis of globalization and a relative decline of US economic and technological power. It contends that the complexity of Türkiye-Asia relations and associated changes in Turkish foreign policy should be examined within the shifting global and domes…
A Liberal Actor in a Realist World. The European Union Regulatory State and the Global Political Economy of Energy
A Liberal Actor in a Realist World. The European Union Regulatory State and the Global Political Economy of Energy." Europe-Asia Studies, 68(9), pp. 1611–1612
Litigation process of social movements as a driver of norm transformation
The political science and international relations literature has extensively analysed the role of norm entrepreneurs, states, and international institutions as relevant actors generating norm transformation. However, although social movements’ reliance on courts to address core social problems has become a significant phenomenon, the role of the litigation process of social movements in norm transformation is understudied. Social movements have a…
The politics of neoliberal transformation on the periphery
Financialization and neoliberal globalization have increased the dependency of peripheral countries on core economies. This paper tracks the neoliberalization processes of Greece and Turkey, two neighbouring countries on the periphery of Europe. By using a comparative political economy method and borrowing from the variegated capitalism literature, it critically investigates how these two Mediterranean countries were affected by the 2008 global f…
The global economic system and access and allocation in earth system governance
Ensuring sustainability of earth systems is intrinsically dependent on the incorporation of equity and fairness in the regimes and institutions that govern the global economy. Accordingly, to design effective and just earth system governance (ESG), it is crucial to understand how the global economic system affects access to and allocation of environmental benefits and burdens among people and countries around the world and what are the relevant c…
Vassilis K. Fouskas, Shampa Roy-Mukherjee, Qingan Huang and Ejike Udeogu, China & the USA
Conceptualizing norm fusion through environmental rights
What happens when environmental protection is framed using human rights language? Here, a new type of norm change – norm fusion – is conceptualized. Linking norms derived from different issue areas, it is realized through continuous use of strategic frames obtained from various issues, acceptance of the norm by society, and action in accordance with the new norm. The fusion process is decentralized and dynamic, does not proceed at the same speed …
Dayanıklılık Kavramına Alternatif olarak Çevresel Adalet
The notion of resilience is being increasingly used, without much criticism, in various areas of the development debate, involving climate migration. Nevertheless, the concept incorporates several weaknesses which are often ignored: it is a vague and non-transparent concept with shifting meanings, transfers the risk and responsibility of adaptation from the state onto the shoulders of individuals, and duplicates existing injustices. Thus, it prom…
Litigation as a Strategy for Environmental Movements Questioned
Litigation is being increasingly used by environmental movements in pursuit of justice as a last resort. The environmentally harmful actions of transnational corporations in addition to the incapability of international organizations and the unresponsiveness of states to inhibit this damage are pushing citizens to courts. However, courts’ ability to address environmental injustices remains dubious. This article problematizes the efficacy of litig…
Introduction to the Special Issue “Turkey, Asia, and the EU in a Changing Global Order”
The special issue “Turkey, Asia, and the EU in a Changing Global Order” explores Turkey’s pivot towards Asia amidst a slowdown in its EU accession. It delves into Turkey’s increasing relations with Asia and its consequences for Turkey-EU relations. The issue also examines how Turkey’s growing ties with Asian actors affect its relationship with the EU, pondering whether these developments are competitive or complementary to Western interests withi…
Turkey’s Political Parties’ Asia Policies
Traditionally, Turkey has been an ally of the transatlantic bloc. As a NATO member, with a majority Muslim population and a free market economy, it was even hailed by Western powers as a model country in the 2000s. However, due to its acquisition of the S-400 missile defence system from Russia, its desire to be a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and its military presence in Syria and Libya, many analysts have argued that Turkey’s …
Political economy of Turkey’s pivot to Asia
This article examines Türkiye's increasingly complex relations with Asia from a political economy perspective, capitalizing on the notions of semi-periphery and sub-imperialism in an era marked by the crisis of globalization and a relative decline of US economic and technological power. It contends that the complexity of Türkiye-Asia relations and associated changes in Turkish foreign policy should be examined within the shifting global and domes…
Ecofeminist struggle for epistemic recognition beyond the EU? The case of Akbelen Forest in Turkey
The European Union (EU), renowned as a green normative power, has adopted ambitious policies to promote a more inclusive and just approach to global climate governance. Existing research has already highlighted how excluding issues related to gender and social inequities from the European Green Deal undermines the EU’s green credentials. Yet, what is often overlooked, is that the EU’s gender- and justice-blind climate policies also perpetuate epi…
Is the Environment a Political Issue? A View from Environmental Civil Society in the Aegean Region of Turkey
Is the environment a political issue or is it above politics? Do those who fight for environmental protection, the environmental civil society organizations (ENGOs), see the environment as an issue of politics or prefer to conceptualize it as a post-political phenomenon? In most societies, politics is viewed hesitantly. It is equated to activities undertaken legitimately only by the political parties and happening only in a parliamentary space. P…
A Dialectical Materialist Approach to Climate Justice
A three-layered categorisation of climate justice demands
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