Understanding the process of economic change in Turkey : an institutional approach / Tamer Cetin and Feridum Yilmaz, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Çetin, Tamer.

Yilmaz, Feridum.

Series:

Economic issues, problems and perspectives series.

Economic issues, problems and perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics--Turkey.

Economics.

Turkey--Economic conditions--1960-.

Turkey.

Turkey--Economic policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (391 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publisher's, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The institutional endowment of a country determines government's regulatory choices, incentives, and the direction of economic activities in the country. The authors use this conceptual framework to examine how institutional endowment in Turkey influence economic and political structure.

Contents:

Intro

Understanding the process of economic change in Turkey: an institutional approach

Introduction: the political economy of institutional change in Turkey

1. A fundamental benchmark: the institutional foundations of economic change

2. Understanding the change in Turkey

References

Section I. An institutional analysis of the general economic and political endowment in Turkey

Chapter 1: Economic growth and institutional change in Turkey before 1980

Abstract

Introduction

1. The long term growth record

2. Economic growth and institutional change

3. Three different periods

4. Conclusion

Chapter 2. The role of institutions over economic change in Turkey

1. The role of the legislative politics over economic change in Turkey

2. The legal institutional structure over economic change

3. Conclusion

Chapter 3. Temporary star or emerging tiger? Turkey's economic performance in a global setting

1. The Turkish neo-liberal experiment: the 2001 crisis as a turning point

2. The east Asian development experience and the characteristics of tiger-like performance

3. The performance of Turkish economy in a global setting

4. Sustainable growth: challenges and opportunities

5. Extending the limits of analysis: the social dimension of the turkish economy

6. Conclusion

Chapter 4. Modernity in transformation: Turkey under the AKP governance

1. The electoral success

2. Transformation and Turkey as a "complex society"

3. The global context.

4. In conclusion: the question of democracy

Chapter 5. Deconstructing the functioning of political manipulation of the economy in Turkey

1. Distinguishing characteristics of political manipulation of the economy in Turkey

2. Generating and functioning of political manipulation of economy in Turkey

SECTION II. Institutional lessons from the process of economic change in Turkey

Chapter 6. The interest group theory of legislation and trade policy in Turkey: a time series study for 1960-2000

1. Interest group and trade policy in developing countries

2. The political economy of interest groups and trade policy in Turkey

3. Empirical analysis

Chapter 7. The quality of institutions and multinational corporation: the political economy of foreign direct investment in Turkey

1. Patterns of foreign direct investment in developing economies

2. FDI performance of Turkey in a comparative perspective

3. Political economy of FDI in Turkey - the pre-1980 period

4. 1970 - 1980 Period: a change in attitude towards fdi

5. An evaluation of the 1950-1980 period

6. The role of the bureaucracy

7. Post 1980 period -a change in the attitude towards fdi

8. Recent period: structural change

9. The role of institutions - the questionnaire survey

10. The questionnaire survey21

11. The role of institutional variables

12. The quality and integrity of public services

13. Predictability

15. Conclusion

Chapter 8. Apolitical economy analysis of the turkish military's split personality: the patriarchal master or crony capitalist?

1. The military, the business and the free market fairy tale

2. The Turkish military-business empire: a terrestrial or a celestial one?

Acknowledgments

Chapter 9. Authoritarian nationalism and discrimination ending with immiserising modernization: economic and social consequences of the republican power elite's fight

1. Economic structure and dominance of non-muslim minorities at the outset of modern Turkey

2. New Turkey's economic model: creation of a national bourgeoisie and systematic discrimination against non-Muslims

3. Using Islam as a tool in politics, economy and civil society movements and its consequences

4. Capitalists in Turkey, human development and the power of Islamist capital

5. Conclusion

Chapter 10. Turkish industrial relations: transformation or a non-fundamental change?

introduction

1. Historical development of industrial relations

2. Labor market in Turkey

3. Industrial relations: actors and processes

4. Current challenges

SECTION III. Current issues of the regulatory process in Turkey

Chapter 11. The political economy of independent regulatory agencies in Turkey

1. Rationale for delegation of discretion to IRAS: political transaction costs and credible commitment

2. Independence and accountability dilemma of IRAS

3. The political economy of transition to iras in Turkey

4. Formal independence levels of IRAS in Turkey: empirical analysis

Chapter 12. Glass half empty? Politics and institutions in the liberalization of the fixed line telecommunications industry in Turkey

1. Privatization in chaos: political patrons versus privatisers at all cost

2. The liberalization process

3. What explains Turkey's (limited) performance ?

4. The privatization question redux

Chapter 13. Institutional change in the Turkish energy markets

1. Historical background of electricity market

2. Main reasons for institutional change in electricity

3. An institutional outlook of the new market structure

4. Main issues in the current market structure

5. Traditional market structure and reasons for the restructuring in natural gas

6. The 2001 law and institutional change

7. Issues and future perspectives in natural gas

8. Conclusion

Chapter 14. Globalization, development, and environmental policies in Turkey

Introduction: setting out the paradox

1. Players in the development and enforcement of environmental policies

2. Interaction networks and the stands players take on the environment

Chapter 15. Access to financial services in Turkey: institutional barriers and opportunities

1. Access to finance and institutional foundations

2. The level of banking sector outreach in Turkey

3. Barriers to financial access in Turkey

4. What explains the variations in access to finance?

5. Concluding remarks and policy suggestions

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61122-636-8

OCLC:

847646356