Regime Change in Turkey: Neoliberal Authoritarianism, Islamism and Hegemony

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Introduction: Debating regime transformation in Turkey: Myths, critiques and challenges
	A critical political economy of regime change
	The cultural political economy of regime change
	Moments of resistance against regime change
	Notes
	References
Part I Political economy of regime change
	Chapter 1 Crisis in or of neoliberalism?: A brief encounter with the debate on the authoritarian turn
		Crisis of what?
		Postscript: living through the pandemic instigated crisis of capitalism
		Looking beyond the old?
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 2 A labour-oriented perspective on regime discussions in Turkey
		Mainstream approaches to authoritarianism
		An appraisal and critique of authoritarian neoliberalism
		Trajectory of the regime change in Turkey
		Underside of the iceberg in Turkey
		Authoritarian labour politics in Turkey
		Labour regime under presidential system
		Concluding remarks
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 3 Making the new-neoliberal state in Turkey: Beyond the prevailing master narrative
		The prevailing master narrative’s assessment of the new-neoliberalism
		The limitations of neoliberalism and the making of the new-neoliberal state
		Conclusion: The new-neoliberalism
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 4 Global class constitution of the AKP’s “authoritarian turn” by neoliberal financialization
		The “global” limits of methodological liberalism
		Financialized rule of money under neoliberalism and its implications for state transformation
		Concluding remarks
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 5 Transformation of news media: The case of Turkey for the neoliberal era
		The primitive character of capital accumulation and the neoliberal transformation of news media
		Accumulation by dispossession and difference of the neoliberal era
		The transformation of Turkey’s news media in the neoliberal era
			Privatization
			Financialization
			State redistribution and the management and manipulation of crisis
		Conclusion
		Acknowledgement
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 6 Internationalized class governance and the AKP’s populism: On Turkey’s integration with the European Union
		The Copenhagen Criteria – extending Maastricht to the East
		Putting Copenhagen into a Turkish perspective
		The emergence of disciplinary neoliberalism
		Continuing EU reforms under an authoritarian populist aegis
		Crisis of authoritarian populism
		Accelerating crisis – growing contradictions with the EU
		Conclusion: EU-integration, internationalized class governance and the AKP’s populism – contradicting elements?
		Notes
		References
Part II Cultural political economy of regime change
	Chapter 7 Hegemony and privileges: Reproduction of Islamism in Turkey
		Hegemony projects and intellectual leadership
		Development of the Islamist project in a competitive field
		Intellectuals of the Islamist hegemony project
		Religious infrastructure
		Structure of privileges
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 8 Regime change in Turkey: Old symbols into new settings
		The AKP’s gender regime
		Regime change in Turkey
		Reading feminist: the new mode of patriarchy
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 9 Recent right-wing lurches: What do they have in common for India and Turkey?
		Conceptual contours and entry points
		The foundation and developmentalist ideas
		The neoliberal model and its winners
			Rise of Anatolian bourgeoisie and the AKP
			Market reforms in 1990s and Indian nationalism
		Construction of majoritarian politics and patronage relations
		Concluding reflections
		Notes
		Bibliography
Part III Moments of resistance against regime change
	Chapter 10 Laicism and the struggle of Alevis against the rise of political Islam
		Outline of the political situation
		Theoretical definitions and historical background
		The current situation of laicism and political Islam
		The response of Alevis
			Arab Alevi youth responses
				Arab Alevis in general
				Arab Alevi youth councils
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 11 The politics of legality of the authoritarian liberal regime in Turkey
		Overview of the “Metal Storm”
		Legal strategies of the authoritarian liberal regime for the disciplining of the labour
			Manipulation of the legal landscape and the clear erosion of the right to strike in the labour legislation
			Criminal law procedures for the coercion and legal intimidation of workers
		Struggles and resistance: challenging authoritarian neoliberalism through law
			High courts and the legal struggles over the conceptual mapping of the legitimacy of the authoritarian neoliberal regime
			Judicial activism in the lower courts and building the legitimacy on the “right to collective action”
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
	Chapter 12 Constructing a language of peace through women’s struggles: The case of women for peace initiative in Turkey
		The resolution process: a brief history from the angle of women’s peace struggle
		Where the women from two sides of the river meet
		Constructing a language of peace: impossible or indispensable?
		Conclusion
		Notes
		References
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