Unravelling the Social Formation

Akif Avci is Doctor of International Political Economy at Osmaniye Korkut Ata University. He has published articles in different journals, such as the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Capital & Class, and New Middle Eastern Studies.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesAbbreviationsIntroduction On the Political Economy of Turkey1 The New Phase of Imperialism and Uneven and Combined Development1 Free Trade/Transnationalisation of Production and the Role of the State2 Internationalisation of the State and Its Internal Functions3 Conclusion2 A Historical Materialist Analysis of Capitalism in Turkey1 The Making of Capitalism in Turkey: The Defining Role of Uneven and Combined Development2 Industrial Capital Accumulation Based on the isi Model until the 1980s3 Transition to Neoliberalism: Integration into Free Trade and the Changing Role of the State4 Transnationalisation of Productive Capital and the akp5 Regional Expansion of Turkish Capital through Free Trade Agreements6 The Role of the State in the Expansion of the Base of Production7 Conclusion3 The Formation of tnc, Global Free Trade, tusiad and the State1 The Social Formation in Turkey and the Development of tusiad2 The Class Characteristics of tusiad Affiliates3 tusiad and Power Bloc: The Internal Relations between tusiad and the akp4 The Shift in Global Free Trade and the Uneven Trajectory of tnc in Turkey5 Conclusion4 musiad, the State and Global Integration1 The Emergence of musiad and the Social Formation in Turkey2 A Class Based Analysis of musiad3 Different Capital Fractions within musiad4 Configurations of Relations in the Power Bloc5 Reorganising the Power Bloc through Public Administration6 Contradictions at the State Level7 The Defining Role of Uneven and Combined Development8 Conclusion5 tuskon, the State and Free Trade1 The Material Basis of tuskon2 The Formation of the Relationship between the State and tuskon3 The Collapse of the Relationship and 15 July Failed Coup Attempt4 The Combination of tuskon Affiliated Companies with Global Free Trade5 Conclusion6 Conclusions to the Theoretical Arguments of the Book1 From the Abstract to the Concrete: A Class-Based Analysis of Business Associations2 Concluding Remarks: The Changing Tendencies of Free Trade and the Transformation of the StateReferencesIndex