Akşit, Bahattin2024-07-122024-07-122004Akşit, B. (2004). The Challenge of Glocal Complexity: Development of Sociology and Social Sciences in Turkey in Hafaiedh, A. B. and El Jaziri, M. (eds.) Social Science in the Arab world, Turkey and Iran: Determinants, State and Potentials, Tunis: Published by Middle East Awards for Population and Social Sciences and Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Economiques et Sociales, 2004, s. 39-60.https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12415/2729The purpose of this position paper is to point out ideas and raise issues regarding the research environment in the Arab region. Research environment in any society is a function of two interrelated factors: research input and research output; i.e., competent research product —books, articles reports is the outcome of good research input. The latter consists of multiple factors, which are: research personnel, research institutes, and funding. An important underlying factor of the research input is the education system.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessBook Part6039