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Dülffer, Jost; Frey, Marc

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“…In fact, English (2005) illustrated how the sociology of the new thinking ignited by elites influenced an identity change and triggered the end of the Cold War. Dülffer and Frey (2011: 2) also noted that elites were critical to drive the process of decolonisation which also influenced the composition of elites. Role of elites was particularly highlighted in the process of European integration.…”

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“…The sociology of elites as a research field studies the impact of elites on the decision-making and implementation processes (see Bhandari, 2017; Dülffer and Frey, 2011). Elites are defined as ‘social groups who command certain resources in a given social entity’ (Dülffer and Frey, 2011: 2, see also Khan, 2012). They are perceived to be synonyms of political elites who are elected governmental officials such as ministers, heads of states and governments as they have the authority to lead the politics and activities of the state.…”

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The Sociology of Diplomats and Foreign Policy Sector: The Role of Cliques on the Policy-Making Process

Süleymanoğlu-Kürüm

2020

Political Studies Review

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This paper studies the sociology of elites and the role of cliques on the foreign policy-making process through an exploratory case study of Turkish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. It identifies elite sociology as the independent variable triggering a policy-making process in the Turkish Ministry for Foreign Affairs in line with organisational process or governmental politic approaches. It shows that until the 1980s, the Turkish Ministry for Foreign Affairs was marked by strong hierarchical tradition triggered by a certain career path and cliqueism leading to the homogeneity in the sociology of elites. This in turn triggered a foreign policy-making process based on organisational process. The role of cliqueism weakened along with the incremental circulation of elites in the post-1980s and particularly in the post-2005 period as the elite structure in the Turkish Ministry for Foreign Affairs became even more heterogeneous, foreign policy-making process moved towards governmental politics which allowed taking into account diverse schools of thought. Nevertheless, newly emerging programmatic elites employed deliberate efforts for elite circulation by altering the dominant career path and relying on political appointments. The resulting outcome was the emergence of a new clique of ruling elites subordinate to political elites which led to the politicisation of the foreign policy decision-making process in the post-2011 period.

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