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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Political Space Philosophies in the History of the Political Thoughts of the Western European Universalism and the European Union]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[There exist certain historical premises and foundations thought to render the idiosyncratic structure of the European/western civilization possible. One of the most important domain related to these foundations and premises is the political -space philosophy along with the European Universalism that stemmed from the European history of political roots. The political space centered on the Polis (city-state) in the ancient Greek political sphere is replaced the &quot;world state&quot; thought of the Cynic and Stoic philosophers of the Ancient Hellenistic and Roman political spheres. The early Catholic Christian philosopher St. Augustine and the late Catholic philosopher St. Thomas converge to a great extent on a universalism and &quot;world&quot; domain while the Protestant politician is rather related to the modern nation state notion. The Dante of the late middle age and the early modernism had a more secular conception of universalism and &quot;world state&quot; in terms of political space. These Western approaches can be viewed in relation with the &quot;European Universalism&quot; framework set by the Wallerstein. The goal of this study is not to investigate the European Union or the process of Turkey&#039;s European Union membership per se. Rather, the goal is restricted to the investigation of the historical background of this phenomenon incorporating the European Universalism approach.    Key Words: Political Thoughts, Political- space, West/Europe, World State, European Universalism, and European Union.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[2333]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 978-9958-834-23-3     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[European Union within the Context of “World-State” and  “European Universalism” in the History of Western  Political Thought]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[There is a historical background and assumptions which form the  essentials of European/Western civilization. These assumptions and  fundamentals also form the economic, social and political structures of the  European/Western civilization. One of the important elements of these  fundamentals is the ideal of “World state” and “European Universalism”.  The political thought based on the “polis-centered” political thought  represented by Platon and Socrates was transformed especially by the  stoic philosophers during the Hellenistic and Roman period into the ideals  of “brotherhood of the human beings” and “world state”. Late Christian  philosopher St Augustinus has developed the ideal of “unity of human  beings” through philosophy of law. During the late medieval and early  modern period, Dante put this ideal into a more secular context. These  views can be analyzed through the “European Universalism” approach  developed by Immanuel Wallerstein. The purpose of the study is to  approach the European Union in the light of this historical background and  with a critical perspective.  Keywords: Political thought, civilization, West/Europe, World State,  European Universalism, European Union.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1607]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Impact of the Economic Crisis on the European  Union’s Policies toward the Western Balkans]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The European Union can be considered as the major actor in the Western  Balkans in terms of its political and economic impact in the last decade. It  is one of the biggest trade partners of the regional countries as well as  biggest donor of aid. It has also played an active role in the post-war  reconstruction of the states as seen for example in its role in Kosovo and  Bosnia-Hercegovina, mainly in terms of institutional structures like EULEX,  International Civilian Office and Office of High Representative. However, as  the global economic crisis started to spill over to the EU member countries,  it led to the increase of the trend of “enlargement fatigue”. Hence, though  all the Western Balkan countries are taking part in the European accession  process, except Croatia there is not much hope that enlargement process  of the regional countries would speed up due to internal problems as well  as the Union’s policies. As the Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Füle  remarked there is also reform fatigue in the candidate states. Thus,  “enlargement fatigue” of the European Union and “reform fatigue” of the  regional states feed each other and create enlargement dilemma. As the  EU loses its will and eagerness to expand, the regional actors’ enthusiasm  for reforming their structures is decreasing.  As the EU is focused in general much more on its internal issues in the  recent years, and lost its energy to develop new initiatives for the solution  of the regional problems, Turkey, as a regional actor, since 2009 started to  launch new proposals for the regional issues, as seen for example in its  trilateral initiatives: on the one hand among Turkey, Serbia and Bosnia  Herzegovina, on the other hand among Turkey, Croatia and Bosnia  Herzegovina.  This research aims to examine how the current economic crisis in the  European Union members affects the attitude toward the neighbouring  region of the Balkans. My main research questions are as follows: How is  the discourse of European Union decision makers toward the Western  Balkans affected by the economic problems? Is there any considerable  change in policy implementations? What are the repercussions of the EU’s  increasing enlargement fatigperformance in the region affect its actorness global affairs? How does the  EU evaluate Turkey’s initiatives toward the region?  In fact, EU’s attitude underwent considerable changes since the 1990’s. As  the European Community (EC) has gone through a radical structural  transformation in the 1990s due to both deepening and enlargement, the  conflicts in the Western Balkans started to be considered as a test case for  this changing Europe. Conflicts, wars, and tensions that broke out in the  former Yugoslavian territories and disturbed the whole Europe proved that  the emerging new era following the end of the bipolar international  politics was not going to be as peaceful as it had been longed for. The  complexity of the problems of former Yugoslavia has effected the  evolution of the European Union which has been, with the encouragement  of the US, trying to be a regional actor by developing a more coherent  approach toward the issues of foreign affairs and security policies among  its member states.  The research will have a conceptual part discussing different views on the  global actorness of the European Union. George Modelski in his study “The  Long Cycle of Global Politics and the Nation-State” defines world powers as  follows: “… world (or) global powers control (or substantially control) the  global political system and hence also have the capacity to regulate other  global processes (such as long-distance travel).”  Keywords: European Union, Western Balkans, Economic Crisis,  Enlargement.ue on the region? How does the EU’s ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1562]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Tourism Performance of Balkan Countries: Travel and  Tourism Competitiveness Pillars as Determining Factors]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Contemporary volatility of global macroeconomic environment  necessitates governments to balance their countries’ macroeconomic  figures. In this unpredictable environment, tourism has been valued as a  good source of foreign currency and employment. In this sense, WTTC’s  2012 report indicates that over the next ten years tourism industry is  expected to account for 1 in every 10 jobs on the world. To succeed this  goal country should increase their capabilities and develop a competitive  position to attract more tourists from around the world. In this sense,  tourism performance can be evaluated as a result of using competition  tools effectively in order to create a sustainable macroeconomic  environment.  In this study, we use World Economic Forum’s (WEF) classification of Travel  and Tourism Competitiveness factors to examine resources that are  expected to influence tourism performance in Balkan countries. Tourism  performance is measured by two variables: International tourist arrivals  and tourism receipts. Additionally, we measured competitive factors in  tourism industry using WEF’s classification of Travel &amp; Tourism  competitiveness factors, which consists of three sub-indexes and 14  factors that measure these sub-indexes that are reported below:   T&amp;T regulatory framework (Policy rules and regulations,  Environmental sustainability, Safety and security, Health  and hygiene, Prioritization of Travel &amp; Tourism)   T&amp;T business environment and infrastructure(Air transport  infrastructure, Ground transport infrastructure, Tourism  infrastructure, Information and Communication Technology (ICT)  infrastructure, Price competitiveness in the T&amp;T industry)     T&amp;T human, cultural, and natural resources (Human resources,  Education and training, Availability of qualified labour, Affinity for  Travel &amp; Tourism, Natural resources, Cultural resources).  Methodology  In this study, the Balkans comprises the following countries: Albania,  Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia,  Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, and Turkey. In order to investigate  the impact of Tourism &amp; Travel competitiveness factors on the  performance of Balkan countries, we obtained the data from The World  Economic Forum’s “The Travel and Tourism (T&amp;T) Competitiveness Index”  for the years between 2008-2011 that is, currently, the only available data.  To reveal the relationship between aforementioned independent and  dependent variables, we performed two-separate multiple regression  analyses and obtained some useful insights, which are reported below.  Findings  The first multiple analysis results, in which tourist arrivals is used as  dependent variable, reveal that air transport infrastructure, safety-security,  and human resources factors are three variables that have the potential to  influence the number of tourists to visit Balkan countries. The second  multiple regression analysis results indicate that air transport  infrastructure, cultural resources, and human resources have the greatest  impact on international tourism receipts among aforementioned fourteen  competition factors.  Keywords: Balkan Countries, Tourism Performance, Travel&amp;Tourism  Competitiveness Index, Strategic Marketing. ]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1671]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[In The Process of Global Crisis the Importance of  Tourism in Decreasing Regional Development  Differences: An Evaluation of Kastamonu Province in  Turkey]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The possibilities of transferring sources to decrease regional development  differences by public authorities have been limited in the process of global  crisis. Kastamonu Province, that was studied in our study, has occupied  47th place between 81 Provinces according to socio-economic  development ranking in The State Planning Organization* 2011 data. Using  tourism potential of Kastamonu Province, that has important tourism  potential according to SWOT analysis done in this study, will accelerate  socio-economic development of Province. In the process of Global crisis,  evaluating tourism potentials successfully in less developed regions such as  Kastamonu province will provide opportunity to remove regional  development differences without using more public sources.  Keywords: SWOT Analysis, Regional Development Differences, Tourism  Economy, Socio-Economic Development, Global Crisis.  * The State Planning Organization was reorganized as the Ministry of  Development in June 2011.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1620]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Improvement of Corporate Governance Practices of  İstanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) Corporate Governance  Index Companies]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[A series of corporate scandals highlighted the corporate governance issue  all around the world. Like other countries, Turkey has adopted strong  regulatory framework for corporate governance in the last decade. The  purpose of this study is to analyze the improvement in corporate  governance practices of İstanbul Stock Exchange Corporate Governance  Index Companies between the years of 2007 and 2012. With this purpose  corporate governance rating reports of companies were examined. Based  on the examination of corporate governance rating reports; it is observed  that overall corporate governance ratings have been gradually increasing  year by year. Further analysis demonstrates that while stakeholders  section is the most strength side, board of directors is the weakest part of  Corporate Governance Index Companies. Nonetheless, in 2012 a sharp  increase in the ratings of board of directors section was observed thanks to  enactment of new Commercial Code and enforcement of Communiqué  Serial : IV, No:56.  Keywords: Corporate Governance, Corporate Governance Index,  Corporate Governance Rating, İstanbul Stock Exchange, Capital Market  Board of Turkey.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1534]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 978-9958-834-23-3     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Police Officers Are in Burnout Syndrome? : An Applied  Research in Nazilli Police Organization]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The aim of this study is to give general information about the history of  Turkish National Police Organization and to measure police officers’  burnout level by an empirical research in Nazilli Police Organization. In this  context, the study includes two parts. The first part examines the history  and organization structure of Turkish National Police Organization. The  second part includes a research measuring burnout level of police officers  working in Nazilli Police Organization. The research (questionnaire) is  designed so as to test the following alternative hypotheses:  H1: There are differences between police officers’ service unit (narcotic,  terror, traffic etc.) and burnout level.  H2: There are differences between police officers’ sexuality and burnout  level.  H3: There are differences between police officers’ vocational experience  and burnout level.  H4: There are differences between police officers’ marital status and  burnout level.  H5: There are differences between police officers’ vocational status and  burnout level.  H6: There are differences between police officers’ educational level and  burnout level. Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) is used to measure police officers’  burnout level in the study. Maslach Burnout Inventory scale is composed  of three dimensions; emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and  personal accomplishment. In other words, MBI scale is composed of 22  items; 9 items for emotional exhaustion, 5 items for depersonalization and  8 items for personal accomplishment. The instrument consisted of these  22 (items) questions are answered on a 1-5 likert scales labeled “strongly  disagree” (1) and “strongly agree” (5). Additionally, our research  questionnaire includes 7 items to determine demographic variables (such  as age, sexuality, vocational experience, marital status, service unit,  vocational status, education level) of police officers. SPSS 20.0 is used for  statistical analysis. T-Test and One Way ANOVA is used to analyze and  assess the differences among police officers in terms of their demographic  variables.  Keywords: Burnout, Police Officers, Emotional Exhaustion.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1628]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Effect of Degree of CEO Turnover on Firm  Performance in High-tech vs. Low-tech Firms: Evidence  from Turkey]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The main responsibility of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is to form and  implement strategic goals, policies and plans of the firms. Researchers  showed that the change of CEO who is on the top position of the  organization has positive or negative impacts on firm performance. The  decision of CEO’s change and who will be the new CEO is an extremely  important issue especially for the firms. The change of CEO in the firms is  carried out in two ways. The first is an external mandatory change  occurred as a result of deterioration of their financial performance due to  economic crisis, intense competition and other compelling reasons. In this  case, there are performance improvements expectations by changing the  CEO with identified a new and better strategies. The second is an internal  voluntary change that occurs when the CEO resigns because of better  career expectations and opportunities. In this case, board of directors  often selects a new CEO from among the members of the board of the  directors who knows well firm’s current valid long-term strategies goals,  policies and strategies. As result of this change, the new CEO does not  major changes in the firm. Thus, firms generally do not face a bad  performance.  In the literature, It is not yet seen any study which measures the impact of  the degree of CEO turnover on the firm performance in Turkey. In the  international literature, factors that determine the rate of CEO turnover  have not been examined by differentiating the high-tech and low-tech  firms yet. In this study, it is primarily aimed to determine the effect of the  CEO turnover rate on the firm financial performance in the 175 firms  registered and traded in the İstanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) between the  years 2005-2011. It is secondly aimed to find out if there are differences in  terms of the affects of CEO turnover rate on financial performance in the high-tech and low-tech firms. The degree of CEO turnover is used as the  dependent variable in this study. On the other hand, Return on Assets  (ROA) Return on Equity (ROE) and Tobin’s q(Q) are used as performance  indicators or measures. Other independent variables are firms’ sales, total  assets, leverage ratio and liquidity level. Hypotheses developed will be  tested by analysis examining the interactions between the degree of CEO  turnover and financial performance indicators, leverage and liquidity  ratios. In addition, factors that effect CEO turnover rate will be determined  in the high-tech and low-tech firms and then similarities and differences  among these firms will be exposed.  Keywords: Firm Performance, Ceo Turnover, Turkey, ROA, ROE.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1646]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 978-9958-834-23-3     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Relationship between Corporate Governance and  Performance of Insurance Firms: Evidence from Turkey]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[There are many studies in the field of corporate governance from all  around the world. In accordance with these studies, it is emphasized that it  cannot be mentioned about any single corporate governance model which  is valid for all countries. Thus, this study aims to research the relationship  between corporate governance and performance of insurance firms. Data  used in this study is derived from seven insurance firms listed on İstanbul  Stock Exchange (ISE) and it is limited to 2005-2011 periods. The effects of  corporate governance on performance of insurance firms are analyzed by  correlation and multiple regression analysis. In the study, Return on Asset  (ROA) and Return on Equity (ROE) are used as performance indicators of  insurance firms, namely the dependent variables. The variables such as  number of employees, size of assets, free float rate, size of board of  directors, number of independent members and CEO duality of insurance  firms are used as corporate governance indicators, namely the  independent variables. According to the hypotheses developed, the  relationships between corporate governance and performance of  insurance firms will be analyzed and findings will be reported.  Keywords: Corporate Governance İnsurance Companies Firm Performance.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1663]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 978-9958-834-23-3     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[A Case Study of Electronic Government Adoption]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Electronic government initiatives in Bosnia and Herzegovina are still in its  infancy and facing many issues and challenges. Therefore, the main goal of  this study is to gain a better understanding of these issues and challenges  by examining the adoption and diffusion of ‘e-government services’ from  the citizen’s perspective at the local municipal level.  Sixty nine usable responses were obtained from one hundred surveyed  citizens with permanent residency in the Centar Municipality Sarajevo. The  participants were asked about their perceptions of different aspects of egovernment  services provided by their municipality.  The results are encouraging. The citizens of Centar Municipality Sarajevo  perceived their municipal e-government system as useful, easy to use, and  having a high level of information quality. Consequently, they were willing  to use e-government, particularly for accessing laws and by-law acts, filing  state taxes, ordering birth, death and marriage certificates, renewing  drivers’ licenses, registration and shopping. However, they were not in  favour of using internet for online voting.  Keywords: Electronic Government, Local Government, Case Study,  Municipality Centar-Sarajevo]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[International Burch University]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2013-05-10]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1504]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[ISSN 2303-4564     ]]></dcterms:identifier>
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