Between Locally Led Response and Domestic Blame Avoidance: Dilemmas in the Management of Syrians in Turkey

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Between Locally Led Response and Domestic Blame Avoidance: Dilemmas in the Management of Syrians in Turkey

Yazarlar:

Ceren Ark Yıldırım

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Political Science

Dergi:

Siyasal: Journal of Political Sciences Vol.32 Issue 1, pp.75-94

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001287788

pISSN:

2618-6330

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Özet:

 Based on observations and unstructured interviews with key actors conducted in Turkey in 2019 and 2020, this study considers the dynamics of sovereignty and transnational cooperation in the management of forced migration. We focus in particular on the question: to what extent can humanitarian governance and host-country social protection schemes converge? The 2016 humanitarian summit recommended a model of international humanitarian governance in which social policy instruments and actors should be given greater weight in humanitarian management. In this paper, we use the case of humanitarian assistance to Syrians under temporary protection in Turkey to test the limits of this policy shift. We argue that as long as supporting forced migrants from public resources is seen as an undesirable action by voters, host country governments must balance implementation of this internationally established norm with attention to blame avoidance. Avoiding blame is the main obstacle preventing the full convergence of humanitarian aid instruments with national social protection instruments.

 Based on observations and unstructured interviews with key actors conducted in Turkey in 2019 and 2020, this study considers the dynamics of sovereignty and transnational cooperation in the management of forced migration. We focus in particular on the question: to what extent can humanitarian governance and host-country social protection schemes converge? The 2016 humanitarian summit recommended a model of international humanitarian governance in which social policy instruments and actors should be given greater weight in humanitarian management. In this paper, we use the case of humanitarian assistance to Syrians under temporary protection in Turkey to test the limits of this policy shift. We argue that as long as supporting forced migrants from public resources is seen as an undesirable action by voters, host country governments must balance implementation of this internationally established norm with attention to blame avoidance. Avoiding blame is the main obstacle preventing the full convergence of humanitarian aid instruments with national social protection instruments.

 Based on observations and unstructured interviews with key actors conducted in Turkey in 2019 and 2020, this study considers the dynamics of sovereignty and transnational cooperation in the management of forced migration. We focus in particular on the question: to what extent can humanitarian governance and host-country social protection schemes converge? The 2016 humanitarian summit recommended a model of international humanitarian governance in which social policy instruments and actors should be given greater weight in humanitarian management. In this paper, we use the case of humanitarian assistance to Syrians under temporary protection in Turkey to test the limits of this policy shift. We argue that as long as supporting forced migrants from public resources is seen as an undesirable action by voters, host country governments must balance implementation of this internationally established norm with attention to blame avoidance. Avoiding blame is the main obstacle preventing the full convergence of humanitarian aid instruments with national social protection instruments.

 2019 ve 2020 yıllarında Türkiyede gerçekleştirilen gözlemlere ve kilit aktörlerle yapılandırılmamış görüşmelere dayanan bu çalışma, zorunlu göçün yönetiminde egemenlik ve ulus ötesi işbirliği dinamiklerini ele almakta ve insani yardım yönetimi ve ulusal sosyal koruma programları ne ölçüde birbirine yakınlaşabilir? sorusuna odaklanmaktadır. 2016 insani yardım zirvesinde, insani yardım yönetiminde sosyal politika araçlarına ve aktörlerine daha fazla ağırlık verilmesi gereken bir uluslararası insani yardım yönetişimi modeli önerilmiştir. Makalede, bu politika değişikliğinin sınırlarını test etmek için Türkiyedeki geçici koruma altındaki Suriyelilere verilen nakit desteği örneği kullanılmaktadır. Zorunlu göçmenleri kamu kaynaklarından destekleme, seçmenler tarafından istenmeyen bir eylem olarak görüldüğü sürece, suçlamadan kaçınmak için ev sahibi ülke hükümetlerinin uluslararası oluşturulan bu normu tam olarak uygulayamayacağını savunuyoruz. Bir başka değişle, bu makalenin ana iddiası Suçlamadan kaçınmanın, insani yardım araçlarının ulusal sosyal koruma araçlarıyla tam olarak yakınlaşmasını engelleyen temel neden olduğudur.

Makale detayları

Between Locally Led Response and Domestic Blame Avoidance: Dilemmas in the Management of Syrians in Turkey

Yazarlar:

Ceren Ark Yıldırım

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Political Science

Dergi:

Siyasal: Journal of Political Sciences Vol.32 Issue 1, pp.75-94

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001287788

pISSN:

2618-6330

Migration

Humanitarian Assistance

Cash Transfer

Blame AvoidanceGöç

İnsani Yardım

Nakit Destek

Suçlamadan Kaçınma

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Ceren Ark Yıldırım

Yayıncı: Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar: Political Science

Dergi: Siyasal: Journal of Political Sciences Vol.32 Issue 1, pp.75-94

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 8/2023

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001287788

pISSN: 2618-6330

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Ceren Ark Yıldırım

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Political Science

Dergi:

Siyasal: Journal of Political Sciences Vol.32 Issue 1, pp.75-94

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2023

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001287788

pISSN:

2618-6330