In a work of considerable analytic elegance, Caglar Keyder provides
the first genuinely radical text on the political economy of modern
Turkey. Keyder describes how, with the dissolution of the Ottoman
Empire, the traditional Muslim bureaucratic class of the old regime
attempted to create a new nation state and effect its transition to
modernity. Yet by expelling the Christian bourgeoisie between 1914
and 1924 the bureaucracy initially controlled Turkey's integration
into the world capitalist system. Within the framework of the
literature of peripheral development, Keyder argues that, in
contrast to the Latin American experience, the lack of a dominant
landlord class and the continued existence of an independent
peasantry had a formative influence on Turkey's political and
economic development. Keyder explains how the simmering conflict
between the bureaucracy and the bourgeoisie was suppressed during
the successful period of import-substituting industrialization in
the 1960s and 1970s, to erupt again, soon after the world economic
crisis of 1973. He recounts the way in which the rapid
industrialization and urbanization transformed Turkey's social
structure and shows how the severe economic difficulties of the
late 1970s sparked off latent conflicts and led to the spread of
fascist violence, culminating in the military coup of 1980. The
book concludes with a look at Turkey's prospects for economic
development and social change.
General
Imprint: |
Verso Books
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
October 1987 |
Authors: |
Caglar Keyder
|
Dimensions: |
203 x 127 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-86091-877-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
|
LSN: |
0-86091-877-7 |
Barcode: |
9780860918776 |
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