The Political Economies of Turkey and Greece: Crisis and Change
by Mustafa Kutlay (Author)

About the Author
Mustafa Kutlay is Lecturer at the Department of International Politics at City University of London, UK. He is also Research Fellow at the Conflict Analysis Research Centre (CARC) at the University of Kent, UK, as well as Research Administrator at the Journal of Common Market Studies.

About this book
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.

Table of contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
    1.1 Why Turkey and Greece?
    1.2 Methodology and Data Sources
    1.3 Organization of Chapters
    References
Chapter 2: Reforming the Reactive States: A Framework for Analysis
    2.1 Unpacking “State Capacity”
        Stateness: Strong Versus Weak States
        State Capacity: Proactive Versus Reactive States
    2.2 Conceptual Vocabulary
        Persistence and Change: A Three-Stage Framework
        Stage 1: Stagnation and Inertia
        Stage 3: Reform and Transformation
    References
Chapter 3: Political Economy of Turkey (1980–2001)
    3.1 Emergence of a Reactive State (1980–1994)
        Domestic Political Context
        State Bureaucracy
        Domestic Policy Coalitions
    3.2 1994 Economic Crisis: An Opportunity Missed?
    3.3 Consolidation of a Reactive State (1995–2001)
    3.4 Conclusion
    References
Chapter 4: Turkish Crisis and Aftermath (2001–2016)
    4.1 2001 Turkish Economic Crisis: A Brief Overview
    4.2 Post-crisis Reform Program: Getting Things Right
        Agency-Level Dynamics: Converging Crisis Narratives
    4.3 Converging Interests and Ideas
    4.5 Political Context
    4.6 Domestic Policy Coalitions
    4.7 Third Stage: The Consolidation of Regulatory State
    4.8 Turkish Political Economy in Flux (2011–2016)
        The Reversal of the Regulatory State Paradigm
    4.9 Conclusion
    References
Chapter 5: Political Economy of Greece (1974–2009)
    5.1 Emergence of a Reactive State (1974–1996)
        Domestic Political Context
        State Bureaucracy
        Domestic Policy Coalitions
    5.2 A Self-Reinforcing Vicious Cycle
    5.3 Kostas Simitis Case (1996–2004): A Break with the Past?
    5.4 Persistence of Status Quo: An Assessment of Simitis Period
    5.5 Consolidation of a Reactive State (2004–2009)
    5.6 Conclusion
    References
Chapter 6: Greek Crisis and Aftermath (2009–2016)
    6.1 Greek Crisis and Bailouts: A Brief Overview
        Agency-Level Dynamics: Diverging Crisis Narratives
    6.2 Diverging Interests and Ideas: The Logic of Extreme Austerity
    6.3 Institutional Structures: Constraining Factors at Work
        Political Context
        Domestic Policy Coalitions
    6.4 Third Stage: Blame Games and Muddling Through
    6.5 Post-Papandreou Era: Greek Politics in Turmoil
        National Unity Government
        ND-PASOK-DIMAR Coalition
    6.6 SYRIZA’s March to Power
    6.7 Conclusion
    References
Chapter 7: Toward a Comparative Political Economy of Reactive States
    7.1 Revisiting the Three-Stage Framework
        First Stage: Inertia and Procrastination of Reforms
        Second and Third Stages: Uncertainty, Crisis Narratives, and Reform Outcomes
    7.2 Comparative Analysis of Turkey and Greece
    7.3 Beyond Turkey and Greece
    References
Chapter 8: Conclusion
    8.1 Three Propositions on Crisis and Change
    8.2 Avenues for Further Research
    References
Appendix: List of Interviews
    Greece
    Turkey
Index

Series: International Political Economy Series
Length: 231 pages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 1st ed. 2019 edition (August 7, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3319927884
ISBN-13: 978-3319927886