International Political Economy in Turkey: The Evolution and Current State of a Maturing Subfield

Abstract

Since its emergence in the 1970s, international political economy (IPE) has been one of the main subfields of International Relations (IR) in North America and Britain. The past two decades have witnessed a growing academic interest in IPE among Turkish IR scholars. This study explores the emergence, evolution and the current state of IPE studies in Turkey. Based on an original dataset, it examines the research dimension of Turkish IPE and presents a comprehensive overview of the thematic, theoretical and methodological orientations of the publications of Turkish IPE scholars. It also offers implications on the sociology of IPE in Turkey.

Keywords

International Political Economy, International Relations, Dataset, Turkey

Citation

Seckin Kostem and Omer Faruk Sen, “International Political Economy in Turkey: The Evolution and Current State of a Maturing Subfield”, Uluslararasi Iliskiler, Vol. 17, No. 66, 2020, pp. 77-91, DOI: 10.33458/uidergisi.720626

Affiliations

• Seckin KOSTEM, Assist. Prof. Dr., İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, Department of International Relations
• Omer Faruk SEN, Ph.D. Student, University of Missouri, Department of Political Science