The Neoliberal Landscape and the Rise of Islamist Capital in Turkey

by Neşecan Balkan (Editor), Erol M. Balkan (Editor), Ahmet Öncü (Editor)

Islamist capital accumulation has split the Turkish bourgeoisie and polarized Turkish society into secular and religious social groupings, giving rise to conflicts between the state and political Islam. By providing a long-term historical perspective on Turkey's economy and its relationship to Islamism, this volume explores how Islamism as a political ideology has been utilized by the conservative bourgeoisie in Turkey, and elsewhere, to establish hegemony over labor. The contributors analyze the relationship between neoliberalism and the political fortunes of the Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP), and examine the similarities and differences amongst new factions in the secular and Islamic middle class that have benefited economically, socially, and culturally during the AKP's reign. The articles also investigate the impact of the Gülen Movement and the role of the media in shaping the contours of intra-class struggle within contemporary Turkish political and social life.

314 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

İktisat doktorasını İstanbul Üniversitesi’nde tamamladı. 1998’den bu yana New York’ta Hamilton College’da iktisat dersleri vermektedir. Çalışma alanları kriz kuramları, sürdürülebilir kalkınma ve kadınların iş hayatına katılımı ile ilgili konulardır. Kapitalizm ve Borç Krizi başlıklı kitabı 1994’te yayımlanmıştır. 2002’de Sungur Savran’la hazırladığı Neoliberalizmin Tahribatı ve Sürekli Kriz Politikaları başlıklı iki derlemeyi ABD’de ve Türkiye’de yayımlamıştır. Balkan’ın çeşitli ABD ve Türk dergi ve gazetelerinde yayımlanmış makaleleri de vardır.

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