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Uneven centuries : economic development of Turkey since 1820 / Șevket Pamuk.

By: Pamuk, Şevket [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton economic history of the Western worldPublisher: Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxford, UK : Princeton University Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: xiii, 352 pages : illustrations, map, charts ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780691166377; 0691166374Other title: Economic development of Turkey since 1820 | Economic development of Turkey since eighteen-twentySubject(s): Economic development -- Turkey | Economic development | Economic history | Turkey -- Economic conditions | TurkeyLOC classification: HD77.5.T9 | P36 2018Online resources: cover image
Contents:
Introduction -- Economic Growth and Human Development since 1820 -- Institutions and the Ottoman Past -- Reforms and Deficits : Ottoman Response to European Challenges -- Opening to Foreign Trade and Investment -- Economic Development and Institutional Change, 1820-1914 -- From Empire to Nation-State -- Economic Development and Institutional Change, 1914-1950 -- Inward-Oriented Development after World War II -- Economic Development and Institutional Change, 1950-1980 -- Neoliberal Policies and Globalization -- Economic Development and Institutional Change, 1980-2015 -- Conclusion.
Summary: The population and economy of the area within the present-day borders of Turkey has consistently been among the largest in the developing world, yet there has been no authoritative economic history of Turkey until now. In Uneven Centuries, Sevket Pamuk examines the economic growth and human development of Turkey over the past two hundred years. Taking a comparative global perspective, Pamuk investigates Turkey's economic history through four periods: the open economy during the nineteenth-century Ottoman era, the transition from empire to nation-state that spanned the two world wars and the Great Depression, the continued protectionism and import-substituting industrialization after World War II, and the neoliberal policies and the opening of the economy after 1980. Making use of indices of GDP per capita, trade, wages, health, and education, Pamuk argues that Turkey's long-term economic trends cannot be explained only by immediate causes such as economic policies, rates of investment, productivity growth, and structural change. Uneven Centuries offers a deeper analysis of the essential forces underlying Turkey's development--its institutions and their evolution--to make better sense of the country's unique history and to provide important insights into the patterns of growth in developing countries during the past two centuries.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-340) and index.

Introduction -- Economic Growth and Human Development since 1820 -- Institutions and the Ottoman Past -- Reforms and Deficits : Ottoman Response to European Challenges -- Opening to Foreign Trade and Investment -- Economic Development and Institutional Change, 1820-1914 -- From Empire to Nation-State -- Economic Development and Institutional Change, 1914-1950 -- Inward-Oriented Development after World War II -- Economic Development and Institutional Change, 1950-1980 -- Neoliberal Policies and Globalization -- Economic Development and Institutional Change, 1980-2015 -- Conclusion.

The population and economy of the area within the present-day borders of Turkey has consistently been among the largest in the developing world, yet there has been no authoritative economic history of Turkey until now. In Uneven Centuries, Sevket Pamuk examines the economic growth and human development of Turkey over the past two hundred years. Taking a comparative global perspective, Pamuk investigates Turkey's economic history through four periods: the open economy during the nineteenth-century Ottoman era, the transition from empire to nation-state that spanned the two world wars and the Great Depression, the continued protectionism and import-substituting industrialization after World War II, and the neoliberal policies and the opening of the economy after 1980. Making use of indices of GDP per capita, trade, wages, health, and education, Pamuk argues that Turkey's long-term economic trends cannot be explained only by immediate causes such as economic policies, rates of investment, productivity growth, and structural change. Uneven Centuries offers a deeper analysis of the essential forces underlying Turkey's development--its institutions and their evolution--to make better sense of the country's unique history and to provide important insights into the patterns of growth in developing countries during the past two centuries.