This study concerns the relation between foreign aid and fragile state institutions by asking how foreign aid effects fragile state institutions. And to elaborate furthermore, the study applies the case of Somalia as a fragile state which is pointed out as heavily dependent on foreign aid. It notices that the good governance approach which is the dominant approach for assessing state institutions cannot be appropriate for fragile states, so as an alternative for that approach, the thesis provides ...

The 2008 global economic crisis galvanized the debate on neo-developmentalism as the pendulum of economic thinking began to swing away from neoliberalism. The current shift in the modalities of market governance mainly deals with the ways through which industrial policies can be crafted in a more open-economy setting. Accordingly the post-crisis literature turns a keen eye on the state's developmental role in the research and development (R&D) sector in an age of bit-driven' global political ...

This article examines the political dynamics of R&D policy in Turkey during the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalknma Partisi AKP) period. Drawing on interviews and other sources the article argues that R&D policy is not above politics in Turkeythis contrasts with the dominant understanding in the literature. First although opposition parties have significantly different views on R&D policy they support the AKP on key legislation since innovation is perceived to be a phenomenon that ...