The economic transformation of Turkey : neoliberalism and state intervention / by Nilgün Önder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Önder, Nilgün, 1965- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neoliberalism--Turkey.

Neoliberalism.

Turkey--Economic conditions--20th century.

Turkey.

Turkey--History--Coup d'ťat, 1980.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 pages) : illustrations, tables

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2015.

Summary:

"The coup d'état 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. Nilgün Önder 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. Önder 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. The Economic Transformation of Turkey examines the relations between state and labour during this period by concentrating on the form of state and political regime. As a result, Onder highlights the continuation of neoliberal restructuring and the accompanying anti-labour policy in Turkey throughout the 1980s and 1990s, despite the transition to democratic rule. Shaped by the theory that the form of rule and the actions of organized interests in a particular society are conditioned by the constraints of the world political-economic order, this book explores the networks of interactions between global capital and international institutions, on the one hand, and the state and domestic social forces in Turkey on the other."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780755608683

0755608682

9780857726032

085772603X

9780857739476

0857739476

OCLC:

1140129334