The Definition of a Peripheral Economy
Subtitle: Turkey 1923-1929
Series: Studies in Modern Capitalism; Studies in Modern Capitalism
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9780521109024
Description: The period of Turkish history from the foundation of the Republic in 1923 to the depression in 1929 was characterised by a minimum of state intervention in the economy. This book, which illuminates the ways in which the forces of world capitalism acted upon and structured the peripheral formation of the Turkish economy in this period, provides a clear case study in the relationship of dependent economies to the capitalist world-system. Professor Keyder emphasises the importance, as mechanisms in the maintenance of existing economic relations, of ...
Table of contents: title: Preface; 1. Introductory remarks; 2. Integration into the world economy throu agriculture; 3. Structure of the manufacturing sector; 4. Trade relations with the world economy; 5. The importance of credit; 6. Conclusion.