"Democracy Agendas "
The roundtable discussion titled “Democratic Agendas” was held at the Istanbul Policy Center on June 19-20, 2015. The event began with welcome speeches by Fuat Keyman (IPC), Charles Taylor (McGill University), and Craig Calhoun (LSE). Following opening remarks by Nilüfer Göle (EHESS; Mercator-IPM Senior Researcher) and Pablo Ouziel (University of Victoria), the first session discussed “Square Events.” The second session, led by Dilip Gaonkar (Northwestern University) and Mukulika Banerjee (LSE), focused on “Masses in Politics.” Christine Bernier (University of Montreal), Rajeev Bhargava (Center for the Study of Developing Economies), Aube Billard (Institute for Human Sciences), and Shalini Randeria (Institute for Human Sciences) participated in the meeting.
Fuat Keyman
Fuat Keyman is the Director of the Istanbul Policy Center; Vice President for Institutional Affairs and Social Impact, and Professor of International Relations at Sabancı University. Keyman is a leading political scientist in Turkey and an expert on globalization, democratization, international relations, Turkey – EU relations, Turkish foreign policy, and civil society development.
