Selver B Sahin
Biographic Data
| ID | 1452649 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Selver B Sahin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Selver B |
| FAMILY NAME | Sahin |
| SIGNATURE | SAHIN S B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of International Relations, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9837-2640 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Gender and disaster management in Turkey: A strategic-relational analysis of the state response to the February 2023 earthquakes
This article examines the dynamics of gender insensitivity in the actions taken by central and provincial authorities in response to the earthquakes that struck southeast Turkey on 6 February 2023. It employs the concept of the ‘gender selectivity’ of the state as an analytical tool to explain why the Turkish government’s disaster risk governance strategy is not informed by a gender-responsive approach. This analysis is based on a comprehensive r…
Guns, gender and petroleum: A critical analysis of the underlying dynamics of Timor-Leste’s development trajectory
This article examines the underlying political economy context of the uneven development outcomes in post-conflict Timor-Leste. We use a modified version of a structural political economy approach that is situated in a Gramscian understanding of the state-society relationship. This approach conceptualises development as a process of historically specific class-based and gender-based contestations over the distribution of resources that result in …
Democratisation and Social Conflict in Timor-Leste: A Not So Great Transformation
The idea of democratic state-building constituted the basis of the peace promotion engagement of the United Nations and other international agencies in Timor-Leste. Yet, this process of internationally assisted socio-political reconstruction has produced mixed results in terms of achieving a liberal democratic transformation. In accounting for these outcomes, the existing scholarship highlights the ways in which the intensifying power struggles b…
Digital Transformation of Public Services as State Transformation: An Overview of the Experience in Turkey During the Pandemic
This paper discusses the contextual aspects of the digital transformation of the Turkish public administration system during the COVID-19 pandemic. It argues that the accelerating process of the digitalization of public services during the pandemic should be understood in connection with the ongoing, broader transformation of the Turkish state into the neoliberal regulatory state that has been ideologically framed as a facilitator of market-led e…
Looking beyond democratic backsliding: Analysing the political economy context of Turkey’s regime trajectory through a mode of participation approach
This article challenges the “democratic backsliding” accounts of Turkey’s recent regime trajectory that are conceptually premised on a neo-Weberian understanding of the relationship between the state and society/markets. It uses a “modes of participation” (MOP) approach that is informed by a Gramscian theorization of the state-society complex. It is argued that Turkey’s neo-liberal capitalist development during the Justice and Development Party (…
Combatting violence against women in Turkey: Structural Obstacles
This paper uses the ‘social conflict' theory to analyse the challenges to combatting violence against women in Turkey. It argues that these obstacles that are grounded in unequal social power relations are structured in the political landscape where decisions over who gets what are made. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)'s ‘male biased' political decisions such as withdrawing Turkey from the Council of Europe's Convention on Preventi…
Women’s Political Participation in Post-conflict Settings: The Case of Timor-Leste
Tackling gender gaps in political representation is a key pillar of peace building and development interventions in conflict-affected environments, which has been addressed using special measures (e.g., gender quotas and reserved seats). We argue that although this is a necessary first step, these interventions privilege descriptive or quantitative indicators that may not equate to the substantive participation of women. Instead, a focus on quali…
Aid‐supported governance reforms in Solomon Islands: Piecemeal progress or persistent stalemate
The rhetoric and practice of the ‘ownership’ of security sector reform processes in fragile countries: The case of Kosovo
Successful outcomes in security sector reform (SSR) implementation are often conditioned on two key inter-related operational principles: international agencies’ understanding of the ‘local context’ where they intervene and their encouragement of the country ‘ownership’ of the institutional reforms they advocate. Outcomes, however, are determined by power, and different patterns of outcomes are likely to emerge from different types and degrees of…
Timor-Leste's Foreign Policy: Securing State Identity in the Post-Independence Period
This paper examines some of the major ideational aspects of Timor-Leste's foreign policy orientation in the post-independence period. Drawing upon the constructivist accounts of state behaviour, the paper situates Timorese leaders’ foreign policy decisions in the broader context of their search to position the fledging nation in the global political order. It argues that Timor-Leste's insecure state identity has shaped its leaders’ foreign policy…
How Exception Became the Norm: Normalizing Intervention as an Exercise in Risk Management in Kosovo
This paper explores how intervention has gradually become normalized as an exercise in risk management in Kosovo. It focuses on the post-1999 political process through which the operational conditions of international intervention have been established and reproduced over time. It argues that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) 1999 military intervention left two important legacies that have shaped the policy and practices of interven…
The politics of security sector reform in ‘fragile’ or ‘post-conflict’ settings: A critical review of the experience in Timor-Leste
Security sector reform (SSR) policy has, for the better part of a decade, been viewed as instrumental to the larger international project of improving and strengthening the ‘capacity’ of post-conflict and ‘fragile’ states. The current policy approach, which represents a merging of security and development agendas in the post-Cold War era, is based on the premise that fragmented, ineffective, poorly managed and politicised state security instituti…
A More Confident or Overconfident Foreign Policy Actor
“Founded in 1974, Southeast Asian Affairs provides, without fear or favour, informed and in-depth annual analyses of this vibrant region and its component countries. It is the only publication which does this and is in its own class without peers. It is a mandatory reference and read for those seriously interested in knowing Southeast Asia.”—Professor A.B. Shamsul, Founding Director, Institute of Ethnic Studies, Universiti Bebangsaan Malaysia.“No…
Fractured futures: Indonesian political reform and West Timorese manganese mining
This paper examines Indonesia's democratic state capacity-building in terms of transformations in West Timor, particularly around manganese mining. It is structured on the basis of three complementary sets of arguments. Firstly, democratic capacity-building is essentially a power-driven process as it seeks to re-arrange the way in which power is distributed. This process is shaped by the relative capabilities of a variety of societal interests st…
Building the nation in Timor-Leste and its implications for the country's democratic development
This article contributes to the discussion of the international democratisation of the so-called ‘post-conflict’ or ‘fragile’ countries by addressing one of the most important but least studied issues in the literature—the relationship between democracy and nation-building. It does so by analysing the major socio-political aspects of the democratic nation-state-building process in Timor-Leste in the post-1999 period. It argues that contemporary i…
Timor‐leste in 2009: Marking Ten Years of Independence or Dependence on International “Assistance”
The progress on tackling the residual problems of the 2006 political and security crisis helped Timor-Leste enjoy relative stability in 2009. This is evidenced by the generally calm security environment with almost no instances of violence, closure of all the camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs), and the availability of critical commodities such as fuel and rice at affordable prices subsidized by the government. The improvement in the se…
The use of the ‘exceptionalism’ argument in Kosovo: An analysis of the rationalization of external interference in the conflict
The Kosovo Assembly's unilateral declaration of independence on 17 February 2008, which caused mixed reverberations in different parts of the world, was instantly recognized by some of the most inf
Building the State in Timor-Leste
The breakdown of law and order in Timor-Leste in 2006 has two important dimensions: internal power struggles and regional differences. This article discusses how the competitive development of the armed forces and the police and the reemergence of regional differences affected the process of creating a democratic state
Combatting violence against women in Turkey: Structural Obstacles
This paper uses the ‘social conflict' theory to analyse the challenges to combatting violence against women in Turkey. It argues that these obstacles that are grounded in unequal social power relations are structured in the political landscape where decisions over who gets what are made. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)'s ‘male biased' political decisions such as withdrawing Turkey from the Council of Europe's Convention on Preventi…
Building the nation in Timor-Leste and its implications for the country's democratic development
This article contributes to the discussion of the international democratisation of the so-called ‘post-conflict’ or ‘fragile’ countries by addressing one of the most important but least studied issues in the literature—the relationship between democracy and nation-building. It does so by analysing the major socio-political aspects of the democratic nation-state-building process in Timor-Leste in the post-1999 period. It argues that contemporary i…
Women’s Political Participation in Post-conflict Settings: The Case of Timor-Leste
Tackling gender gaps in political representation is a key pillar of peace building and development interventions in conflict-affected environments, which has been addressed using special measures (e.g., gender quotas and reserved seats). We argue that although this is a necessary first step, these interventions privilege descriptive or quantitative indicators that may not equate to the substantive participation of women. Instead, a focus on quali…
Fractured futures: Indonesian political reform and West Timorese manganese mining
This paper examines Indonesia's democratic state capacity-building in terms of transformations in West Timor, particularly around manganese mining. It is structured on the basis of three complementary sets of arguments. Firstly, democratic capacity-building is essentially a power-driven process as it seeks to re-arrange the way in which power is distributed. This process is shaped by the relative capabilities of a variety of societal interests st…
Timor-Leste's Foreign Policy: Securing State Identity in the Post-Independence Period
This paper examines some of the major ideational aspects of Timor-Leste's foreign policy orientation in the post-independence period. Drawing upon the constructivist accounts of state behaviour, the paper situates Timorese leaders’ foreign policy decisions in the broader context of their search to position the fledging nation in the global political order. It argues that Timor-Leste's insecure state identity has shaped its leaders’ foreign policy…
Democratisation and Social Conflict in Timor-Leste: A Not So Great Transformation
The idea of democratic state-building constituted the basis of the peace promotion engagement of the United Nations and other international agencies in Timor-Leste. Yet, this process of internationally assisted socio-political reconstruction has produced mixed results in terms of achieving a liberal democratic transformation. In accounting for these outcomes, the existing scholarship highlights the ways in which the intensifying power struggles b…
Looking beyond democratic backsliding: Analysing the political economy context of Turkey’s regime trajectory through a mode of participation approach
This article challenges the “democratic backsliding” accounts of Turkey’s recent regime trajectory that are conceptually premised on a neo-Weberian understanding of the relationship between the state and society/markets. It uses a “modes of participation” (MOP) approach that is informed by a Gramscian theorization of the state-society complex. It is argued that Turkey’s neo-liberal capitalist development during the Justice and Development Party (…
The rhetoric and practice of the ‘ownership’ of security sector reform processes in fragile countries: The case of Kosovo
Successful outcomes in security sector reform (SSR) implementation are often conditioned on two key inter-related operational principles: international agencies’ understanding of the ‘local context’ where they intervene and their encouragement of the country ‘ownership’ of the institutional reforms they advocate. Outcomes, however, are determined by power, and different patterns of outcomes are likely to emerge from different types and degrees of…
Building the State in Timor-Leste
The breakdown of law and order in Timor-Leste in 2006 has two important dimensions: internal power struggles and regional differences. This article discusses how the competitive development of the armed forces and the police and the reemergence of regional differences affected the process of creating a democratic state
Guns, gender and petroleum: A critical analysis of the underlying dynamics of Timor-Leste’s development trajectory
This article examines the underlying political economy context of the uneven development outcomes in post-conflict Timor-Leste. We use a modified version of a structural political economy approach that is situated in a Gramscian understanding of the state-society relationship. This approach conceptualises development as a process of historically specific class-based and gender-based contestations over the distribution of resources that result in …
Digital Transformation of Public Services as State Transformation: An Overview of the Experience in Turkey During the Pandemic
This paper discusses the contextual aspects of the digital transformation of the Turkish public administration system during the COVID-19 pandemic. It argues that the accelerating process of the digitalization of public services during the pandemic should be understood in connection with the ongoing, broader transformation of the Turkish state into the neoliberal regulatory state that has been ideologically framed as a facilitator of market-led e…
Building the State in Timor-Leste
The breakdown of law and order in Timor-Leste in 2006 has two important dimensions: internal power struggles and regional differences. This article discusses how the competitive development of the armed forces and the police and the reemergence of regional differences affected the process of creating a democratic state
The use of the ‘exceptionalism’ argument in Kosovo: An analysis of the rationalization of external interference in the conflict
The Kosovo Assembly's unilateral declaration of independence on 17 February 2008, which caused mixed reverberations in different parts of the world, was instantly recognized by some of the most inf
Timor‐leste in 2009: Marking Ten Years of Independence or Dependence on International “Assistance”
The progress on tackling the residual problems of the 2006 political and security crisis helped Timor-Leste enjoy relative stability in 2009. This is evidenced by the generally calm security environment with almost no instances of violence, closure of all the camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs), and the availability of critical commodities such as fuel and rice at affordable prices subsidized by the government. The improvement in the se…
Building the nation in Timor-Leste and its implications for the country's democratic development
This article contributes to the discussion of the international democratisation of the so-called ‘post-conflict’ or ‘fragile’ countries by addressing one of the most important but least studied issues in the literature—the relationship between democracy and nation-building. It does so by analysing the major socio-political aspects of the democratic nation-state-building process in Timor-Leste in the post-1999 period. It argues that contemporary i…
A More Confident or Overconfident Foreign Policy Actor
“Founded in 1974, Southeast Asian Affairs provides, without fear or favour, informed and in-depth annual analyses of this vibrant region and its component countries. It is the only publication which does this and is in its own class without peers. It is a mandatory reference and read for those seriously interested in knowing Southeast Asia.”—Professor A.B. Shamsul, Founding Director, Institute of Ethnic Studies, Universiti Bebangsaan Malaysia.“No…
Fractured futures: Indonesian political reform and West Timorese manganese mining
This paper examines Indonesia's democratic state capacity-building in terms of transformations in West Timor, particularly around manganese mining. It is structured on the basis of three complementary sets of arguments. Firstly, democratic capacity-building is essentially a power-driven process as it seeks to re-arrange the way in which power is distributed. This process is shaped by the relative capabilities of a variety of societal interests st…
How Exception Became the Norm: Normalizing Intervention as an Exercise in Risk Management in Kosovo
This paper explores how intervention has gradually become normalized as an exercise in risk management in Kosovo. It focuses on the post-1999 political process through which the operational conditions of international intervention have been established and reproduced over time. It argues that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) 1999 military intervention left two important legacies that have shaped the policy and practices of interven…
The politics of security sector reform in ‘fragile’ or ‘post-conflict’ settings: A critical review of the experience in Timor-Leste
Security sector reform (SSR) policy has, for the better part of a decade, been viewed as instrumental to the larger international project of improving and strengthening the ‘capacity’ of post-conflict and ‘fragile’ states. The current policy approach, which represents a merging of security and development agendas in the post-Cold War era, is based on the premise that fragmented, ineffective, poorly managed and politicised state security instituti…
Timor-Leste's Foreign Policy: Securing State Identity in the Post-Independence Period
This paper examines some of the major ideational aspects of Timor-Leste's foreign policy orientation in the post-independence period. Drawing upon the constructivist accounts of state behaviour, the paper situates Timorese leaders’ foreign policy decisions in the broader context of their search to position the fledging nation in the global political order. It argues that Timor-Leste's insecure state identity has shaped its leaders’ foreign policy…
The rhetoric and practice of the ‘ownership’ of security sector reform processes in fragile countries: The case of Kosovo
Successful outcomes in security sector reform (SSR) implementation are often conditioned on two key inter-related operational principles: international agencies’ understanding of the ‘local context’ where they intervene and their encouragement of the country ‘ownership’ of the institutional reforms they advocate. Outcomes, however, are determined by power, and different patterns of outcomes are likely to emerge from different types and degrees of…
Aid‐supported governance reforms in Solomon Islands: Piecemeal progress or persistent stalemate
Women’s Political Participation in Post-conflict Settings: The Case of Timor-Leste
Tackling gender gaps in political representation is a key pillar of peace building and development interventions in conflict-affected environments, which has been addressed using special measures (e.g., gender quotas and reserved seats). We argue that although this is a necessary first step, these interventions privilege descriptive or quantitative indicators that may not equate to the substantive participation of women. Instead, a focus on quali…
Combatting violence against women in Turkey: Structural Obstacles
This paper uses the ‘social conflict' theory to analyse the challenges to combatting violence against women in Turkey. It argues that these obstacles that are grounded in unequal social power relations are structured in the political landscape where decisions over who gets what are made. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)'s ‘male biased' political decisions such as withdrawing Turkey from the Council of Europe's Convention on Preventi…
Digital Transformation of Public Services as State Transformation: An Overview of the Experience in Turkey During the Pandemic
This paper discusses the contextual aspects of the digital transformation of the Turkish public administration system during the COVID-19 pandemic. It argues that the accelerating process of the digitalization of public services during the pandemic should be understood in connection with the ongoing, broader transformation of the Turkish state into the neoliberal regulatory state that has been ideologically framed as a facilitator of market-led e…
Looking beyond democratic backsliding: Analysing the political economy context of Turkey’s regime trajectory through a mode of participation approach
This article challenges the “democratic backsliding” accounts of Turkey’s recent regime trajectory that are conceptually premised on a neo-Weberian understanding of the relationship between the state and society/markets. It uses a “modes of participation” (MOP) approach that is informed by a Gramscian theorization of the state-society complex. It is argued that Turkey’s neo-liberal capitalist development during the Justice and Development Party (…
Guns, gender and petroleum: A critical analysis of the underlying dynamics of Timor-Leste’s development trajectory
This article examines the underlying political economy context of the uneven development outcomes in post-conflict Timor-Leste. We use a modified version of a structural political economy approach that is situated in a Gramscian understanding of the state-society relationship. This approach conceptualises development as a process of historically specific class-based and gender-based contestations over the distribution of resources that result in …
Democratisation and Social Conflict in Timor-Leste: A Not So Great Transformation
The idea of democratic state-building constituted the basis of the peace promotion engagement of the United Nations and other international agencies in Timor-Leste. Yet, this process of internationally assisted socio-political reconstruction has produced mixed results in terms of achieving a liberal democratic transformation. In accounting for these outcomes, the existing scholarship highlights the ways in which the intensifying power struggles b…
Gender and disaster management in Turkey: A strategic-relational analysis of the state response to the February 2023 earthquakes
This article examines the dynamics of gender insensitivity in the actions taken by central and provincial authorities in response to the earthquakes that struck southeast Turkey on 6 February 2023. It employs the concept of the ‘gender selectivity’ of the state as an analytical tool to explain why the Turkish government’s disaster risk governance strategy is not informed by a gender-responsive approach. This analysis is based on a comprehensive r…
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