Taming the wild
Attracting capital through populist mobilization in the urban landscapes of Istanbul
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2260028 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Firat Kurt (0000-0002-2718-5645, Core Department Kadir Has University Istanbul Turkey, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 125 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 139-153 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Anthropologist (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7294 • E-ISSN: 1548-1433 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/aman.13810 |
| OpenAlex | W4317896905 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 39 |
Urban transformation in Turkey, ranging in scale from gigantic infrastructural investments to small property-redevelopment ventures, has posed one of the most puzzling questions for scholars and activists: Why do the urban poor, despite being the most vulnerable to such projects, continue to partake in the populist mobilization around the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)? Grounded in an analysis of how neoliberal assemblages are entangled with urban land markets at the margins of Istanbul, I argue that neoliberal policies are not necessarily implicated in the prevalence of depoliticized individuals, conceptually framed as homo oeconomicus, but can also serve to create a fertile environment for populist mobilization. The partisans and sympathizers of the AKP find that their social and political activities, from neighborhood organizations to single-party hegemony in the parliament, are inherently inseparable from economic values. At this nexus between populist politics and economic forces, global capital emerges as a salient interlocutor that interfaces with political developments and social characteristics, having various predispositions and predilections-an actor whose miraculous powers can be unleashed and destructive tendencies controlled only through collective political mobilization
Capital (architecture · Grassroots · Hegemony · Mobilization · Neoliberalism (international relations · Nexus (standard · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Populism · Sociology · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Turkey's Politics and Society · Urban Planning and Governance
The Promise of Infrastructure
The Social Production of Urban Space
In the Time of Oil
City of Walls
Dubai, the City as Corporation
The Financialization of Housing
Death and the Ancestors
Property
Formalization by the State, Re‐Informalization by the People
Urban fortunes
From the ashes of virtue, a promise of light
Extracting Value from the City
Urban Neoliberalism with Islamic Characteristics
Producing Elite Localities
Urban Transformation’ as State-led Property Transfer
Islamist Mobilization in Turkey
Making Winners
Conjuring Property
Emerging Spaces of Neoliberalism
Hydraulic City
New Globalism, New Urbanism
Late Neoliberalism
Reproduction and Inheritance
The Song of the Nonaligned World
The Edge and the Center
Marital Property Rights in Bilateral Society
Leviathan and the Air-Pump
Taming the wild
The City as a Growth Machine
Real estate speculation
From Little King to Landlord
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |