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Bringing together a mixture of theoretical discussion, political
analyses and illustrative case studies, this volume provides the
first comprehensive scholarly analysis of the tension between
environmental protection and economic development in Turkey.
Through its dual focus on democratization and modernization, this
book also makes an important contribution to the literature on
politics in contemporary Turkey. It identifies and analyses the
forces underwriting the growth of environmental social movements,
investigates the impacts these movements have on development and
modernization, and above all, evaluates the role played by
environmental movements in the democratization process of Turkey.
This co-edited volume provides a unified scholarly treatment of
intensifying debates on the relationship between water scarcity and
environmental security in Central Eurasia. Using discussions of
sustainable rural development as its conceptual backdrop, the
chapters in this volume combine solid empirical investigation with
critical analysis of key concepts such as 'scarcity', 'expert
knowledge', and 'efficiency'. The central theme emerging from the
contributions emphasizes the need to reevaluate accepted wisdom in
resource studies that considers distributional conflicts over water
usage as inherently zero-sum outcomes in which one player's gains
inevitably correspond to another player's losses. Instead, the
empirical and critical analyses in this book demonstrate that
effective management of water resources can be re-conceptualized as
the basis for regional cooperation and sustainable rural
development.
Bringing together a mixture of theoretical discussion, political
analyses and illustrative case studies, this volume provides the
first comprehensive scholarly analysis of the tension between
environmental protection and economic development in Turkey.
Through its dual focus on democratization and modernization, this
book also makes an important contribution to the literature on
politics in contemporary Turkey. It identifies and analyses the
forces underwriting the growth of environmental social movements,
investigates the impacts these movements have on development and
modernization, and above all, evaluates the role played by
environmental movements in the democratization process of Turkey.
This co-edited volume provides a unified scholarly treatment of
intensifying debates on the relationship between water scarcity and
environmental security in Central Eurasia. Using discussions of
sustainable rural development as its conceptual backdrop, the
chapters in this volume combine solid empirical investigation with
critical analysis of key concepts such as 'scarcity', 'expert
knowledge', and 'efficiency'. The central theme emerging from the
contributions emphasizes the need to reevaluate accepted wisdom in
resource studies that considers distributional conflicts over water
usage as inherently zero-sum outcomes in which one player's gains
inevitably correspond to another player's losses. Instead, the
empirical and critical analyses in this book demonstrate that
effective management of water resources can be re-conceptualized as
the basis for regional cooperation and sustainable rural
development.
The 'neoliberal' economic policy of President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan's AKP Party, which has delivered extraordinary growth in
Turkish GDP over the last decade, has been one of the foundations
of the party's popular appeal. Here, a group of experts on Turkish
political economy show how these policies have also had a
detrimental impact on the environment, sustainability and the
long-term health of the Turkish economy. Taking the two main
sectors of growth during the past decade-energy and construction-as
its primary focus, the book engages broadly with the political
economy of inequality and sustainability in contemporary Turkey.
Ultimately, the authors argue that 'environmental conflicts' in
Turkey are not merely about the environment but intersect with
contemporary politics of religion, ethnicity, gender, and class
within the context of top-down, modernising economic development.
Neoliberal Turkey and its Discontents marks an important
contribution to debates around the economic growth of Turkey and
the future of the AKP's long-term economic plan.
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