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Militarization of the Market and Rent‐Seeking Coalitions in Turkey
Author(s) -
Demir Fırat
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
development and change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.267
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1467-7660
pISSN - 0012-155X
DOI - 10.1111/j.0012-155x.2005.00429.x
Subject(s) - rent seeking , militarization , bureaucracy , politics , turkish , liberalization , economic liberalization , civil society , political economy , state (computer science) , political science , economics , development economics , economic system , market economy , law , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm , computer science
This article analyses the role of historically‐determined institutional and political characteristics in determining both the nature of the adjustment process, and its economic and political outcomes, in Turkey. In particular, the author explores the degree to which the formation of rent‐seeking coalitions has contributed to the failure of neo‐liberal economic reforms in the country. The analysis suggests that the Turkish experience since the early 1980s offers a unique case for studying the relationships between the state bureaucracy, the military, the business sector, civil society, and international economic actors. Unlike previous research in this area, this article focuses especially on the role of the military as an interest group in the process of economic liberalization in Turkey.