Hotels and highways : the construction of modernization theory in Cold War Turkey / Begüm Adalet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adalet, Begüm, Author.

Series:

Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.

Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic assistance, American--Turkey--History--20th century.

Economic assistance, American.

Economic development--Turkey--History--20th century.

Economic development.

Social change--Turkey--History--20th century.

Social change.

Social sciences--United States--Philosophy--History--20th century.

Social sciences.

United States--Relations--Turkey.

United States.

Turkey--Relations--United States.

Turkey.

Turkey--Economic conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The early decades of the Cold War presented seemingly boundless opportunity for the construction of "laboratories" of American society abroad: microcosms where experts could scale down problems of geopolitics to manageable size, and where locals could be systematically directed toward American visions of capitalist modernity. Among the most critical tools in the U.S.'s ideological arsenal was modernization theory, and Turkey emerged as a vital test case for the construction and validation of developmental thought and practice. With this book, Begüm Adalet reveals how Turkey became both the archetypal model of modernization and an active partner for its enactment. Through her analysis of the flow of aid money and expertise between the U.S. and Turkey, the planning of the American-funded Turkish highway network, and the development of the Turkish tourism industry, Adalet also highlights how "problems of knowledge" are fundamentally entwined with "problems of the political order": social scientific theories are produced in material spaces, through uncertain encounters between transnational actors and policy networks. In tracking the growth and transmission of modernization as a theory and in practice in Turkey, Hotels and Highways offers not only a specific history of a postwar development model that continues to influence our world, but a widely relevant consideration of how theoretical debates take shape in concrete situations.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Beastly Politics

2. Questions of Modernization

3. Material Encounters

4. “It’s Not Yours If You Can’t Get There”

5. The Innkeepers of Peace

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9781503605558

1503605558

OCLC:

1178769877