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Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 2016
It has not been easy to develop a comprehensive understanding of this protracted conflict, especi... more It has not been easy to develop a comprehensive understanding of this protracted conflict, especially given the backdrop of regularly occurring incidents of war/violence in Gaza. Many authors have approached the conflict with a variety of perspectives. Within this context, Professor Dávid Kaposi, who works at the University of East London UK, has published the book: Violence and Understanding in Gaza: The British Broadsheets' Coverage of the War. In the book he applies both quantitative and qualitative methods to reveal different aspects of the 'Gaza War' (the Israeli-Palestine conflict). He has also comparatively analyzed the coverage of mainstream British newspapers/ broadsheets about the Israel-Palestine conflict, classifying them into two main categories: conservatives or left-liberal. Following the above-named book, Dr. Kaposi published different material about the same topic, including a research report entitled Antisemitism, Israel and the limits of criticism in 2012 for the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism, Hebrew University, in addition to articles in peer-reviewed journals entitled The Breakdown of discourse Post-Holocaust Jewish identity and the Scholem-Arendt correspondence in 2015 for the European Journal of Jewish Studies, and Methodological implications of a large-scale study: The British broadsheets' coverage of the first Gaza war in 2015 for the Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research. Dr. Kaposi reviews the Israeli-Palestine conflict in general and the 'Gaza War' in particular. His analysis focuses on the events from 2008 until Israel's withdrawal of its forces from the Gaza strip. Later, there were a number of events which are mostly referred to in the different media as the 'Gaza War' and the
Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 2015
Armed conflict in Yugoslavia gave birth to six nations with different identities and economic out... more Armed conflict in Yugoslavia gave birth to six nations with different identities and economic outlooks. It is now divided along ethnic lines and includes six republics-Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia-and Kosovo with supervised independence. The conflicts that arose through this division of nations still exist in different forms; one religious, and the other, nationalism. There have been many attempts to analyse peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts and practices in different conflict-hit countries. Studies of peacebuilding have received particular attention in security and peace studies around the world.
It is review of International Summer School organised by International Sarajevo University with o... more It is review of International Summer School organised by International Sarajevo University with other partners. Main topics were related to Learning from the Past - 20 years after the Bosnian war: "Education for reconciliation and lasting peace in post-conflict societies". It was interactive in a sense that there was field trip to affected town and visit to Srebrenica.
Armed conflict in Yugoslavia gave birth to six nations with different identities and economic out... more Armed conflict in Yugoslavia gave birth to six nations with different identities and economic outlooks. It is now divided along ethnic lines and includes six republics – Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia – and Kosovo with supervised independence. The conflicts that arose through this division of nations still exist in different forms; one religious, and the other, nationalism. There have been many attempts to analyse peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts and practices in different conflict-hit countries. Studies of peacebuilding have received particular attention in security and peace studies around the world. The emergence of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the unique case studies for peace and security researchers and many scholars have highlighted the country’s dangerous conflict. Adam Moore’s book was published in 2013 by Cornell University Press, Ithaca, US. The book was funded in project form by several international organisations and institutes of peace such as the Council of European Union Studies, International Research and Exchanges Board and The United States Institute of Peace. The book contains an interesting case study of two Bosnian towns, Brčko and Mostar. The examples of these towns have been used in a comparative analysis to improve understanding of the differences in peacebuilding practices between local political parties and institutions, and local and international ones.
Pakistan’s economic ties with Turkey have improved in the past few years. A recently stated ple... more Pakistan’s economic ties with Turkey have improved in the past few years. A recently
stated pledge to create a free trade agreement between Pakistan and Turkey is likely to trigger a
further expansion of economic integration. This paper starts by reviewing trends in Pakistan’s
bilateral trade with Turkey since 1996. Next, it estimates an augmented gravity model aiming to
project Pakistan’s trade potential with Turkey and compare them with the actual flows in 1996-
2009 period.
We find that export flows from Pakistan to Turkey have grown sharply since 2001 outpacing
both Turkish exports to Pakistan and projections generated by the augmented gravity model. The
success of Pakistani exports is largely explained by the booming performance of textile industry
in Pakistan. Turkey’s exports to Pakistan feature goods with greater added value although they
still remain significantly below the model predictions.
Trade complementarity analysis indicates that overall Turkish exports match better with
Pakistan’s import structure than Pakistan’s exports with Turkish import structure. Given the
results from the augmented gravity model and complementarity analysis it is likely that Turkey
will benefit to a larger extent from the proposed free trade agreement.
Keywords: Pakistan, Turkey, gravity model, free trade agreement, economic integration
The welcome address by the president of the Turkish-German Education Foundation and by the mayor ... more The welcome address by the president of the Turkish-German Education Foundation and by the mayor of Mannheim highlighted the fact that schools can play a better role in peace education in divided societies. The language of the conference was German but translation into English and Turkish was available.
Book Reviews by Wazir Ali
Richard Swedberg, well known for his work in economic sociology 2 and one of the doyens of the ri... more Richard Swedberg, well known for his work in economic sociology 2 and one of the doyens of the rising movement in analytical sociology 3 , offers the reader a pessimistic view of the current state-of-the-art about sociological theorizing. Indeed, compared to empirical methods or other sciences such as cognitive science, sociological theory has advanced little over the last decades. The prognosis is simple: students and researchers are taught theories but cannot theorize. If this is the case, then what is to be done? What does 'theorizing' mean exactly?
It has not been easy to develop comprehensive understanding of this protracted conflict especiall... more It has not been easy to develop comprehensive understanding of this protracted conflict especially in the backdrop of time to time incidents of war/violence in Gaza. Many authors have approached the conflict with variety of perspectives. Within this context, Professor Dávid Kaposi, who works at the University of East London UK, has published the book: Violence and Understanding in Gaza: The British Broadsheets’ Coverage of the War. Here he has applied both quantitative and qualitative methods for revealing different aspects of ‘Gaza War’ (Israeli-Palestine conflict). He has also comparatively analysed the coverage of mainstream British newspapers/broadsheets of Israel-Palestine conflict dividing them into two main categories: conservatives and left liberals.
Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 2016
It has not been easy to develop a comprehensive understanding of this protracted conflict, especi... more It has not been easy to develop a comprehensive understanding of this protracted conflict, especially given the backdrop of regularly occurring incidents of war/violence in Gaza. Many authors have approached the conflict with a variety of perspectives. Within this context, Professor Dávid Kaposi, who works at the University of East London UK, has published the book: Violence and Understanding in Gaza: The British Broadsheets' Coverage of the War. In the book he applies both quantitative and qualitative methods to reveal different aspects of the 'Gaza War' (the Israeli-Palestine conflict). He has also comparatively analyzed the coverage of mainstream British newspapers/ broadsheets about the Israel-Palestine conflict, classifying them into two main categories: conservatives or left-liberal. Following the above-named book, Dr. Kaposi published different material about the same topic, including a research report entitled Antisemitism, Israel and the limits of criticism in 2012 for the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism, Hebrew University, in addition to articles in peer-reviewed journals entitled The Breakdown of discourse Post-Holocaust Jewish identity and the Scholem-Arendt correspondence in 2015 for the European Journal of Jewish Studies, and Methodological implications of a large-scale study: The British broadsheets' coverage of the first Gaza war in 2015 for the Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research. Dr. Kaposi reviews the Israeli-Palestine conflict in general and the 'Gaza War' in particular. His analysis focuses on the events from 2008 until Israel's withdrawal of its forces from the Gaza strip. Later, there were a number of events which are mostly referred to in the different media as the 'Gaza War' and the
Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 2015
Armed conflict in Yugoslavia gave birth to six nations with different identities and economic out... more Armed conflict in Yugoslavia gave birth to six nations with different identities and economic outlooks. It is now divided along ethnic lines and includes six republics-Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia-and Kosovo with supervised independence. The conflicts that arose through this division of nations still exist in different forms; one religious, and the other, nationalism. There have been many attempts to analyse peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts and practices in different conflict-hit countries. Studies of peacebuilding have received particular attention in security and peace studies around the world.
It is review of International Summer School organised by International Sarajevo University with o... more It is review of International Summer School organised by International Sarajevo University with other partners. Main topics were related to Learning from the Past - 20 years after the Bosnian war: "Education for reconciliation and lasting peace in post-conflict societies". It was interactive in a sense that there was field trip to affected town and visit to Srebrenica.
Armed conflict in Yugoslavia gave birth to six nations with different identities and economic out... more Armed conflict in Yugoslavia gave birth to six nations with different identities and economic outlooks. It is now divided along ethnic lines and includes six republics – Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia – and Kosovo with supervised independence. The conflicts that arose through this division of nations still exist in different forms; one religious, and the other, nationalism. There have been many attempts to analyse peacekeeping and peacebuilding efforts and practices in different conflict-hit countries. Studies of peacebuilding have received particular attention in security and peace studies around the world. The emergence of Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the unique case studies for peace and security researchers and many scholars have highlighted the country’s dangerous conflict. Adam Moore’s book was published in 2013 by Cornell University Press, Ithaca, US. The book was funded in project form by several international organisations and institutes of peace such as the Council of European Union Studies, International Research and Exchanges Board and The United States Institute of Peace. The book contains an interesting case study of two Bosnian towns, Brčko and Mostar. The examples of these towns have been used in a comparative analysis to improve understanding of the differences in peacebuilding practices between local political parties and institutions, and local and international ones.
Pakistan’s economic ties with Turkey have improved in the past few years. A recently stated ple... more Pakistan’s economic ties with Turkey have improved in the past few years. A recently
stated pledge to create a free trade agreement between Pakistan and Turkey is likely to trigger a
further expansion of economic integration. This paper starts by reviewing trends in Pakistan’s
bilateral trade with Turkey since 1996. Next, it estimates an augmented gravity model aiming to
project Pakistan’s trade potential with Turkey and compare them with the actual flows in 1996-
2009 period.
We find that export flows from Pakistan to Turkey have grown sharply since 2001 outpacing
both Turkish exports to Pakistan and projections generated by the augmented gravity model. The
success of Pakistani exports is largely explained by the booming performance of textile industry
in Pakistan. Turkey’s exports to Pakistan feature goods with greater added value although they
still remain significantly below the model predictions.
Trade complementarity analysis indicates that overall Turkish exports match better with
Pakistan’s import structure than Pakistan’s exports with Turkish import structure. Given the
results from the augmented gravity model and complementarity analysis it is likely that Turkey
will benefit to a larger extent from the proposed free trade agreement.
Keywords: Pakistan, Turkey, gravity model, free trade agreement, economic integration
The welcome address by the president of the Turkish-German Education Foundation and by the mayor ... more The welcome address by the president of the Turkish-German Education Foundation and by the mayor of Mannheim highlighted the fact that schools can play a better role in peace education in divided societies. The language of the conference was German but translation into English and Turkish was available.
Richard Swedberg, well known for his work in economic sociology 2 and one of the doyens of the ri... more Richard Swedberg, well known for his work in economic sociology 2 and one of the doyens of the rising movement in analytical sociology 3 , offers the reader a pessimistic view of the current state-of-the-art about sociological theorizing. Indeed, compared to empirical methods or other sciences such as cognitive science, sociological theory has advanced little over the last decades. The prognosis is simple: students and researchers are taught theories but cannot theorize. If this is the case, then what is to be done? What does 'theorizing' mean exactly?
It has not been easy to develop comprehensive understanding of this protracted conflict especiall... more It has not been easy to develop comprehensive understanding of this protracted conflict especially in the backdrop of time to time incidents of war/violence in Gaza. Many authors have approached the conflict with variety of perspectives. Within this context, Professor Dávid Kaposi, who works at the University of East London UK, has published the book: Violence and Understanding in Gaza: The British Broadsheets’ Coverage of the War. Here he has applied both quantitative and qualitative methods for revealing different aspects of ‘Gaza War’ (Israeli-Palestine conflict). He has also comparatively analysed the coverage of mainstream British newspapers/broadsheets of Israel-Palestine conflict dividing them into two main categories: conservatives and left liberals.