| ID | 072663 |
| Title Proper | Economic policies of Turkey's AKP Government |
| Other Title Information | rabbits from a hat? |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Patton, Marcie J |
| Publication | 2006. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | How can we account for the priority that Turkey's "Islam-sensitive" government has placed on adhering to the IMF's prescriptions for macroeconomic stability and fiscal restraint in lieu of its electoral promises to pursue a justice-oriented social agenda and aggressively tackle problems of poverty and unemployment? In this article this question is answered by analyzing the challenges posed by international factors (debt sustainability, pressures by the IMF and the EU), as well as domestic factors (the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) own unpreparedness, oppositional tactics by the secularist establishment) that have shaped the AKP government's economic policies. |
| `In' analytical Note | Middle East Journal Vol. 60, No. 3; Summer 2006: p513-536 |
| Journal Source | Middle East Journal Vol: 60 No 3 |
| Key Words | Turkey ; Economic Policy ; External Factors ; Internal Factors |