The Place of the Economy in Turkish Society
The Place of the Economy in Turkish Society
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经济在土耳其社会中的地位
DOI:
10.1215/00382876-102-2-3-453
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发表时间:
2003
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通讯作者:
Ayşe Buğra
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作者:
Ayşe Buğra
In the s, Turkey, like many other countries similarly situated in the world economy, had changed its economic strategy from a protectionist model characterized by heavy state intervention to a more outward-looking and market-oriented one. This change is often interpreted in terms of a basic dichotomy between the state and the market, and in this article I explore the changing place of the economy in Turkish society to highlight the limitations of the dichotomy in question. ‘‘The place of the economy in society’’ is a phrase introduced and used by Karl Polanyi to investigate the basic coordinates of the livelihood of the individual in society. For Polanyi, economy is ‘‘an instituted process,’’ and the way it is instituted in a given society can be analyzed by looking at the relative importance played by the integrating principles of exchange, redistribution, and reciprocity in the allocation of resources. Exchange denotes the nonenduring and unbinding relations between anonymous individuals on competitive markets. Redistribution characterizes the role that the state plays in the economy via taxation and government spend-