Social Classes and the Neo-Liberal Poverty Regime in Turkey, 2002-2011
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4745472 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Serdal Bahçe (0000-0001-8213-4763, Department of Public Finance, Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey, corresponding author), Ahmet Haşim Köse (0000-0002-8173-5329, Department of Economics, Faculty of Political Sciences, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 575-595 |
| Publication date | 2017-08-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2336 • E-ISSN: 1752-7554 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00472336.2017.1325919 |
| OpenAlex | W2620201613 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 19 |
The Justice and Development Party (or AKP) era in Turkey has witnessed the emergence of a new welfare regime resting on voluntary public and private transfers. This system has been replacing the former welfare system in which the right to social welfare benefits was constitutionally guaranteed. The new welfare system has tended to distribute transfers on a selective and unequal basis. This article analyses the size and effects of this system using a social class-based analytical framework. In explaining class structure in Turkey, we use the official Household Budget Survey database. The results indicate a massive process of proletarianisation has taken place. Our results indicate that the working classes have constituted the majority of the poor. In this environment, the shares of voluntary public and private transfers in the incomes of households have been rising. For some classes, like rural unemployed, urban unemployed and agricultural labourers, these transfers have captured a very high share of the incomes. These transfers have also been distributed very unequally. Their share in the central budget has also been rising. All these point to the emergence of a new neo-liberal welfare (poverty) regime as part of a new labour control regime
Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Inequality · Labour economics · Market economy · Middle class · Political science · Poverty · Social Welfare · Welfare · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Turkey's Politics and Society
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| Unique citing works | 18 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,25 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |