The Economic Transformation of Turkey : Neoliberalism and State Intervention

ISBN-13: 9781780768830 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 416 str.

Nilgun Onder

Opis

The coup d'etat which took place in Turkey on 12 September 1980 was the third in the history of the Republic, and ushered in a three-year period of military rule. Nilgun Onder investigates the economic transformation of Turkey after this coup, examining both the policies enacted under the military regime and those during the subsequent period of civilian government. Onder argues the key aspect of economic policy was that of neoliberal restructuring, and integral to this was the exclusion of organised labour from the political process. In doing so, she highlights the irony of the era: that at an official level, there was an emphasis upon neoliberal economic values, such as limited state involvement. And yet at the same time, policies were enacted which were aimed at a more interventionist position when it came to industrial relations. It was through new legislation and bureaucratisation of the industrial relations system that the state transformed the Turkish economy, attempting to open it up to foreign investment and trade: in effect creating the foundations of Turkey's current economic success.

Spis treści

Introduction Part I: The Turkish State, Neoliberalism and Marginalisation of Labour Interests 1. From Planned, Protectionist Development to Neoliberalism 2. Neoliberal Restructuring and the State’s New Role 3. Interventionist Labour Relations Policy Part II: The Military Regime and Organised Labour, 1980-83 4. The Military Coup, De-organisation of Civil Society and the Suppression of the Independent Trade Union Movement 5. Authoritarian Corporatism 6. The Codification of State-Controlled Trade Unionism 7. The Military Regime and Turkish Labour in the International Context Part III: Class Strategies and the Parliamentary Civilian Regime, 1984-91 8. From Military Authoritarianism to Restricted Democracy 9. The Neoconservative Hegemonic Project and Political Parties 10. Dynamics of Organised Labour-State Relations 11. New Politics of Confrontation in the Labour Movement 12. Rank-and-File Labour Militancy Part IV: The State and Social Forces in the 1990s: From National-Popular Consensus to the Crisis of Political Legitimacy 13. A New Political and Social Settlement 14. Economic Crisis and International Financial Institutions: The End of the New Social Settlement 15. Neocorporatism 16. The Trade Union Movement in the 1990s 17. The Crisis of Political Legitimacy and the Rise of Political Islamism Conclusion