Mehmet Erman Erol
Biographic Data
| ID | 4120937 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mehmet Erman Erol |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mehmet Erman |
| FAMILY NAME | Erol |
| SIGNATURE | EROL M E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8349-3696 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Beyond false dichotomies: Chinese investments and the reproduction of neoliberal authoritarian developmentalism in Turkey
This article critically examines Chinese investments and investment finance in Turkey. Drawing upon a critical International Political Economy framework, and in distinction from conventional approaches to China’s rise in general and the political economy of Turkey-China relations in particular, the paper argues that Chinese capital fits into the pre-existing characteristics of capitalism in Turkey and contributes to the reproduction of neoliberal…
Labour unions under neoliberal authoritarianism in the Global South: The cases of Turkey and Egypt
This article analyses the trajectories of organised labour in times of neoliberalism in Turkey and Egypt and their current condition under securitised neoliberal-developmentalist regimes post-2013. Neoliberal experience in these countries was marked by continuing authoritarianism, challenging the view that economic liberalisation would lead to political democratisation. One of the most important areas of neoliberal restructuring has been labour m…
The Condition of the Working Class in Turkey: Labour under Neoliberal Authoritarianism
From Dictatorship to “Democracy: Neoliberal Continuity and Its Crisis in Tunisia
A decade after Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution in 2011, this article assesses Tunisia’s neoliberal political economy from a critical and historical perspective; from Ben Ali to its current political and economic impasse. It argues that despite the country being shown as the only democratic example to have emerged from the “Arab Spring”, the continuity of neoliberalism puts significant limits on its democratisation. Domestic and international ruling …
State and Labour under AKP Rule in Turkey: An Appraisal
The political Islamist AKP (Justice and Development Party) has been in power in Turkey since the November 2002 elections. This era brought about significant changes and transformations in many aspects of state‒society and state‒economy relations. However, as far as the state’s management of labour power is considered, the era represented a direct continuity with the post-1980 authoritarian neoliberal restructuring. The party’s policies aimed to m…
From Dictatorship to “Democracy: Neoliberal Continuity and Its Crisis in Tunisia
A decade after Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution in 2011, this article assesses Tunisia’s neoliberal political economy from a critical and historical perspective; from Ben Ali to its current political and economic impasse. It argues that despite the country being shown as the only democratic example to have emerged from the “Arab Spring”, the continuity of neoliberalism puts significant limits on its democratisation. Domestic and international ruling …
State and Labour under AKP Rule in Turkey: An Appraisal
The political Islamist AKP (Justice and Development Party) has been in power in Turkey since the November 2002 elections. This era brought about significant changes and transformations in many aspects of state‒society and state‒economy relations. However, as far as the state’s management of labour power is considered, the era represented a direct continuity with the post-1980 authoritarian neoliberal restructuring. The party’s policies aimed to m…
From Dictatorship to “Democracy: Neoliberal Continuity and Its Crisis in Tunisia
A decade after Tunisia’s Jasmine Revolution in 2011, this article assesses Tunisia’s neoliberal political economy from a critical and historical perspective; from Ben Ali to its current political and economic impasse. It argues that despite the country being shown as the only democratic example to have emerged from the “Arab Spring”, the continuity of neoliberalism puts significant limits on its democratisation. Domestic and international ruling …
The Condition of the Working Class in Turkey: Labour under Neoliberal Authoritarianism
Labour unions under neoliberal authoritarianism in the Global South: The cases of Turkey and Egypt
This article analyses the trajectories of organised labour in times of neoliberalism in Turkey and Egypt and their current condition under securitised neoliberal-developmentalist regimes post-2013. Neoliberal experience in these countries was marked by continuing authoritarianism, challenging the view that economic liberalisation would lead to political democratisation. One of the most important areas of neoliberal restructuring has been labour m…
Beyond false dichotomies: Chinese investments and the reproduction of neoliberal authoritarian developmentalism in Turkey
This article critically examines Chinese investments and investment finance in Turkey. Drawing upon a critical International Political Economy framework, and in distinction from conventional approaches to China’s rise in general and the political economy of Turkey-China relations in particular, the paper argues that Chinese capital fits into the pre-existing characteristics of capitalism in Turkey and contributes to the reproduction of neoliberal…
Authoritarianism (3 works) · Democracy (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Turkey's Politics and Society (3 works) · Democratization (2 works) · Development economics (2 works)