The Political Economies of Turkey and Greece

The Political Economies of Turkey and Greece
Author: Mustafa Kutlay
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2018-08-07
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3319927892

The economic policies of reactive states such as Turkey and Greece, both of which have shown limited ability to implement institutional reforms in recent years, have paved the way for deep crises. The crises are devastating for both societies’ social fabric, but they also open up the opportunity to introduce new economic regimes. They do, however, not always invite changes in dominant paradigms. Despite weak state capacity and deep economic crisis in both cases, substantial reforms were initiated in Turkey whilst an opposite trend prevailed in Greece. Drawing on field research, this book develops a political economy framework that explains reform cycles and post-crisis outcomes in reactive states.

Working in Greece and Turkey

Working in Greece and Turkey
Author: Leda Papastefanaki
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 478
Release: 2020-07-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1789206979

As was the case in many other countries, it was only in the early years of this century that Greek and Turkish labour historians began to systematically look beyond national borders to investigate their intricately interrelated histories. The studies in Working in Greece and Turkey provide an overdue exploration of labour history on both sides of the Aegean, before as well as after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Deploying the approaches of global labour history as a framework, this volume presents transnational, transcontinental, and diachronic comparisons that illuminate the shared history of Greece and Turkey.

New Capitalism in Turkey

New Capitalism in Turkey
Author: Ayşe Buğra
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2014-04-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1783473134

New Capitalism in Turkey explores the changing relationship between politics, religion and business through an analysis of the contemporary Turkish business environment.

The Political Economy of Development in Southeastern Europe

The Political Economy of Development in Southeastern Europe
Author: Spyros Roukanas
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2018-10-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 331993452X

This book offers important new insights into recent advances and perspectives in the field of political economy of development in Southeastern European countries. In addition, it provides theoretical and empirical contributions to political economy of development in an international context. Written by authors from Greece, Serbia and Turkey, the book covers a broad spectrum of topics – from macroeconomics and economic policy to international political economy and globalization. Presenting new and original ideas, this is a valuable resource for anyone wishing to gain a deeper understanding of political economy of development in Southeastern Europe: academicians, policymakers and business practitioners.

Israel, Turkey and Greece

Israel, Turkey and Greece
Author: Amikam Nachmani
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2005-06-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 1135779112

The triangle described in this book hardly exists in reality. Tripartite relations among Greece, Turkey and Israel, if discernible at all, revolve around the crises which constantly beset the Middle East and the East Mediterranean. Even then, it is not a triangle per se: the three states seldom pursue a common policy. This book describes the various bones of contention among the three in all possible spheres—political, economic, religious, etc.—as well as the areas and periods of understanding among them. What emerges quite clearly is the fact that any show of unanimity among Ankara, Athens and Jerusalem was, in the past, likely to rest more on some temporary community of interest than on any inherent belief in the need for unanimity.

The Political Economy of Regulation in Turkey

The Political Economy of Regulation in Turkey
Author: Tamer Çetin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2011-01-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1441977503

The Political Economy of Regulation in Turkey brings together leading international scholars and experts on Turkey and regulatory reform to provide essential information on the recent Turkish experience and its relation to competition policy. After the 1980 liberalization reform, Turkey tried to introduce competition in many industries, but network industries have remained as monopolies. At the end of the 1990s, regulatory reform was initiated and independent regulatory agencies have been established by the government. Comprehensive discussions of these network industries, in particular airlines, electricity, natural gas, telecommunications and environment regulations, are offered. The contributors inquire how economic theory and historical analyses can enlighten the character of market processes and the role for government action in these industries, and the contributions shed light on the very recent changes in the regulatory structure and important legal cases that shape the future of regulated industries. This book discusses these issues in an international perspective and relates the Turkish experience to other similar countries, such as in Eastern Europe and Central America. This book serves as a useful guide to those who want to understand major changes in Turkey and regulatory reforms in other emerging markets, making it of interest to researchers and PhD students concerned with regulatory economics, the Turkish economy, and economic policy in emerging markets.

The Political Economy of Labour Market Reforms

The Political Economy of Labour Market Reforms
Author: Özgün Sar?mehmet Duman
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2014-11-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1137382627

Duman examines the transition from Keynesianism to monetarism by presenting an analysis of labour market reforms in Greece and Turkey - questioning the role of class struggle on the implementation process. She also scrutinises the influence of the global economic crisis and the execution of reform policies in these two countries.

Oil and the political economy in the Middle East

Oil and the political economy in the Middle East
Author: Martin Beck
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2021-08-17
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1526149087

The downhill slide in the global price of crude oil, which started mid-2014, had major repercussions across the Middle East for net oil exporters, as well as importers closely connected to the oil-producing countries from the Gulf. Following the Arab uprisings of 2010 and 2011, the oil price decline represented a second major shock for the region in the early twenty-first century – one that has continued to impose constraints, but also provided opportunities. Offering the first comprehensive analysis of the Middle Eastern political economy in response to the 2014 oil price decline, this book connects oil market dynamics with an understanding of socio-political changes. Inspired by rentierism, the contributors present original studies on Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The studies reveal a large diversity of country-specific policy adjustment strategies: from the migrant workers in the Arab Gulf, who lost out in the post-2014 period but were incapable of repelling burdensome adjustment policies, to Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon, who have never been able to fulfil the expectation that they could benefit from the 2014 oil price decline. With timely contributions on the COVID-19-induced oil price crash in 2020, this collection signifies that rentierism still prevails with regard to both empirical dynamics in the Middle East and academic discussions on its political economy.

The Political Economy of Turkey

The Political Economy of Turkey
Author: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA John F. Kennedy School of Government
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 289
Release: 1990-06-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1349112747

Turkey stands at a crossroad after a decade of adjustment to its severe debt crisis in the late 1970s. This volume brings together a group of contributors who discuss the consequences of this transition and the likely pains for the future.