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The Neoliberal Landscape and the Rise of Islamist Capital in Turkey Nesecan Balkan

The Neoliberal Landscape and the Rise of Islamist Capital in Turkey By Nesecan Balkan

The Neoliberal Landscape and the Rise of Islamist Capital in Turkey by Nesecan Balkan


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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 Neoliberal Landscape and the Rise of Islamist Capital in Turkey Summary

The Neoliberal Landscape and the Rise of Islamist Capital in Turkey by Nesecan Balkan

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 Gulen Movement and the role of the media in shaping the contours of intra-class struggle within contemporary Turkish political and social life.

The Neoliberal Landscape and the Rise of Islamist Capital in Turkey Reviews

Balkan and her colleagues offer us a clear and well-documented treatise of the neoliberal globalization of Turkey under the Islamic project within the command of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) - an implicit coalition of diverse Islamic movements... a very timely contribution, not only for its relevance on its depiction of the recent neoliberal era of Turkey, but also on its new conceptualization of the key issues such as 'middle classes', 'Islamic capital' and informalization. Very timely indeed. * Research and Policy on Turkey

This is a strong and important collection. The unifying thesis throughout refers to the ascendancy of a specifically Turkish form of Islamic capitalism. The main emphasis throughout concerns the contested character of this ascendancy at the highest levels of Turkish state and society. These are important and intimately interwoven themes... The collection leaves a clear impression that the roots of the recent battles over Taksim Square run deep; their implications will continue to simmer throughout the country. Nothing has been resolved. * Sidney Plotkin, Vassar College

About Nesecan Balkan

Nesecan Balkan is a Senior Lecturer of economics at Hamilton College. She is the author of Capitalism and the Debt Crisis, published in Turkish in 1994, and co-editor with Sungur Savran of The Ravages of Neo-Liberalism: Economy, Society and Gender in Turkey (2002) and The Politics of Permanent Crisis: Class, Ideology and State in Turkey (2002).

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Introduction

Chapter 1. Islamism: A Comparative-Historical Overview
Burak Gurel

Chapter 2. Class, State and Religion in Turkey
Sungur Savran

Chapter 3. The Deep Fracture in the Big Bourgeoisie of Turkey
Kurtar Tanyilmaz, translated by Osman Balkan

Chapter 4. Islamist Big Bourgeoisie in Turkey
OEzgur OEzturk

Chapter 5. Islamic Capital
Evren Hosgoer

Chapter 6. Reproduction of the Islamic Middle Class in Turkey
Erol Balkan and Ahmet OEncu

Chapter 7. The Question of AKP Hegemony: Consent Without Consensus
Evren Hosgoer

Chapter 8. Globalization, Islamic Activism, and Passive Revolution in Turkey: The Case of Fethullah Gulen
Joshua Hendrick

Chapter 9. The Laic-Islamic Schism in the Turkish Dominant Class and the Media
Anita Ogurlu and Ahmet OEncu

Notes on Contributors

Additional information

NLS9781785335273
9781785335273
1785335278
The Neoliberal Landscape and the Rise of Islamist Capital in Turkey by Nesecan Balkan
New
Paperback
Berghahn Books
2017-02-01
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