Industrial Policy in Turkey by Mina Toksoz PAPERBACK 9781399510158

Industrial Policy in TurkeyRise, Retreat and Return\nAuthor(s): Mina Toksoz, Mustafa Kutlay, William Hale\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Edinburgh University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edinburgh University Press\nISBN-13: 9781399510158, 978-1399510158\nSynopsis\nAt a time when many advanced and emerging economies are adopting more active industrial policies, this book provides an in-depth historicalempirical account of industrial policy in Turkey its rise, retreat and return. This study adopts a multidisciplinary approach and covers the role of the state from Turkeys initial industrialisation to the current period of restructuring and potential technological upgrading of its manufacturing base. The analysis traces how industrial policy has been shaped by state capacity, the waves of reforms following economic crises, the dearth of long-term finance for industrialisation and, more recently, the need to address issues such as low-tech industrial structure and pre-mature de-indust.