Dersu Ekim Tanca

• Master of Science
• PhD Student at George Mason University

An analysis of network interactions in complex systems presents a more plausible explanation for the development of states and societies and the origins of liberty than does the linear approach adopted by Acemoğlu and Robinson in The Narrow Corridor, which is based on a single dichotomy—state vs. society. A methodology that responds to complexity r...

This thesis investigates the role of the rights-based civil society organizations in promoting democratization in Turkey. I consider rights-based civil society organizations as focal actors for democratization because they initiate, secure and advance democratic rule by upholding liberties and freedoms. From the late Ottoman period to the 1980s rig...

This dissertation intends to explore possible reasons for the observed discrepancy between the popularity and electoral success of right-wing populist parties in France, from 1980 to 2017, and the relative failure of similar parties in Germany during the same period. To this end, the effects and persistence of populist parties in both countries wil...