Umut Bozkurt
Biographic Data
| ID | 1094845 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Umut Bozkurt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Umut |
| FAMILY NAME | Bozkurt |
| SIGNATURE | BOZKURT U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Eastern Mediterranean University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0773-7924 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 66 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Racial capitalism and capitalism in Africa: The utility and limits of Cedric Robinson’s perspective
This debate discusses the analytical utility of Cedric Robinson’s perspective on capitalism and its mode of accumulation in Africa. It identifies the important uses of Robinson’s approach and the concept of racialism. The debate also explores a major limitation of his framing of the effects of capitalism in Europe and the world beyond it
In memory of Ed Rooksby
State–Bourgeoisie Relations under Neoliberalism with Turkish Characteristics
This article aims to analyse state–bourgeoisie relations in the era of AKP -rule in Turkey, with a specific focus on the 2018 economic crisis. It will discuss the following question: How did the AKP regime position itself with respect to the interests of the first- and second-generation bourgeoisie? Especially after 2010, the AKP was criticised for carrying out an extra-economic intervention in the sphere of accumulation as well as providing bene…
Capital, the State, and Environmental Pollution in Nigeria
This research discusses the environmental pollution by the capital in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria and identifies two historical agents that have the potential to harmonize their social power through a common language that may create a new social and political agency. We argue that the working class and the community-based social movements are necessary but not sufficient agents of transformation in the Nigerian oil-dependent capita…
Incorporating a Class Analysis within the National Question: Rethinking Ethnicity, Class, and Nationalism in Cyprus
This article has two main aims. First, it aims to challenge the widespread narrative in Cyprus studies that presents ethnic identities as historically inevitable and natural. Rather, identities need to be conceptualized as socially constructed. The second aim of this article is to problematize the argument that ethnic or national groups are homogenous actors. It underlines the need to deconstruct these supposedly unitary actors by making use of a…
Neoliberalism with a Human Face: Making Sense of the Justice and Development Party's Neoliberal Populism in Turkey
Ten years in power, the Justice and Development Party (JDP) of Turkey has displayed its commitment to a neoliberal agenda. Despite this commitment, public opinion polls reveal that the party received the majority of its votes from the poorest sections of society. Analysis of this anomaly calls for use of a theoretical concept "neoliberal populism," whereby political leadership secures the hegemony of the power bloc dominated by the big bourgeoisi…
Beyond a Divided Cyprus: A State and Society in Transformation
Introduction: Beyond a Divided Cyprus, a Society in a State of Transformation N.Trimikliniotis & U.Bozkurt The Cyprus Problem and Imperial Games in the Hydrocarbon Era: From a Place of Arms to an Energy Player? N.Trimikliniotis Rethinking the Postcolonial Cypriot Statehood: the Cyprus Problem, Class Struggle and Ethnic Conflict U.Bozkurt & N.Trimikliniotis Border Dialectics: Cypriot Social and Historical Movements in a World Systemic Context A.Pa…
Beyond a Divided Cyprus
Cyprus is a postcolonial island known for natural gas reserves and ethnic divisions. This volume presents a fresh perspective on the Cyprus problem by examining the societal transformations taking pla
Neoliberalism with a Human Face: Making Sense of the Justice and Development Party's Neoliberal Populism in Turkey
Ten years in power, the Justice and Development Party (JDP) of Turkey has displayed its commitment to a neoliberal agenda. Despite this commitment, public opinion polls reveal that the party received the majority of its votes from the poorest sections of society. Analysis of this anomaly calls for use of a theoretical concept "neoliberal populism," whereby political leadership secures the hegemony of the power bloc dominated by the big bourgeoisi…
Racial capitalism and capitalism in Africa: The utility and limits of Cedric Robinson’s perspective
This debate discusses the analytical utility of Cedric Robinson’s perspective on capitalism and its mode of accumulation in Africa. It identifies the important uses of Robinson’s approach and the concept of racialism. The debate also explores a major limitation of his framing of the effects of capitalism in Europe and the world beyond it
Incorporating a Class Analysis within the National Question: Rethinking Ethnicity, Class, and Nationalism in Cyprus
This article has two main aims. First, it aims to challenge the widespread narrative in Cyprus studies that presents ethnic identities as historically inevitable and natural. Rather, identities need to be conceptualized as socially constructed. The second aim of this article is to problematize the argument that ethnic or national groups are homogenous actors. It underlines the need to deconstruct these supposedly unitary actors by making use of a…
State–Bourgeoisie Relations under Neoliberalism with Turkish Characteristics
This article aims to analyse state–bourgeoisie relations in the era of AKP -rule in Turkey, with a specific focus on the 2018 economic crisis. It will discuss the following question: How did the AKP regime position itself with respect to the interests of the first- and second-generation bourgeoisie? Especially after 2010, the AKP was criticised for carrying out an extra-economic intervention in the sphere of accumulation as well as providing bene…
Beyond a Divided Cyprus: A State and Society in Transformation
Introduction: Beyond a Divided Cyprus, a Society in a State of Transformation N.Trimikliniotis & U.Bozkurt The Cyprus Problem and Imperial Games in the Hydrocarbon Era: From a Place of Arms to an Energy Player? N.Trimikliniotis Rethinking the Postcolonial Cypriot Statehood: the Cyprus Problem, Class Struggle and Ethnic Conflict U.Bozkurt & N.Trimikliniotis Border Dialectics: Cypriot Social and Historical Movements in a World Systemic Context A.Pa…
Beyond a Divided Cyprus
Cyprus is a postcolonial island known for natural gas reserves and ethnic divisions. This volume presents a fresh perspective on the Cyprus problem by examining the societal transformations taking pla
Neoliberalism with a Human Face: Making Sense of the Justice and Development Party's Neoliberal Populism in Turkey
Ten years in power, the Justice and Development Party (JDP) of Turkey has displayed its commitment to a neoliberal agenda. Despite this commitment, public opinion polls reveal that the party received the majority of its votes from the poorest sections of society. Analysis of this anomaly calls for use of a theoretical concept "neoliberal populism," whereby political leadership secures the hegemony of the power bloc dominated by the big bourgeoisi…
Incorporating a Class Analysis within the National Question: Rethinking Ethnicity, Class, and Nationalism in Cyprus
This article has two main aims. First, it aims to challenge the widespread narrative in Cyprus studies that presents ethnic identities as historically inevitable and natural. Rather, identities need to be conceptualized as socially constructed. The second aim of this article is to problematize the argument that ethnic or national groups are homogenous actors. It underlines the need to deconstruct these supposedly unitary actors by making use of a…
Capital, the State, and Environmental Pollution in Nigeria
This research discusses the environmental pollution by the capital in the oil-rich Niger Delta region of Nigeria and identifies two historical agents that have the potential to harmonize their social power through a common language that may create a new social and political agency. We argue that the working class and the community-based social movements are necessary but not sufficient agents of transformation in the Nigerian oil-dependent capita…
In memory of Ed Rooksby
State–Bourgeoisie Relations under Neoliberalism with Turkish Characteristics
This article aims to analyse state–bourgeoisie relations in the era of AKP -rule in Turkey, with a specific focus on the 2018 economic crisis. It will discuss the following question: How did the AKP regime position itself with respect to the interests of the first- and second-generation bourgeoisie? Especially after 2010, the AKP was criticised for carrying out an extra-economic intervention in the sphere of accumulation as well as providing bene…
Racial capitalism and capitalism in Africa: The utility and limits of Cedric Robinson’s perspective
This debate discusses the analytical utility of Cedric Robinson’s perspective on capitalism and its mode of accumulation in Africa. It identifies the important uses of Robinson’s approach and the concept of racialism. The debate also explores a major limitation of his framing of the effects of capitalism in Europe and the world beyond it
Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Cyprus History, Politics, Society (3 works) · 1960 (2 works) · Argument (complex analysis (2 works)