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İktisadi Devlet Teorileri veya 'İkdisadın Emperyalizmi': Rant-Kollama Yaklaşımı Örneği

Economic Theories of State or 'Economics Imperialism': Rent-Seeking Analysis as an Exemplar

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This, in turn, indicates the need for conceptual categories to come to terms with ‘collective action’ in ways in which theories premised on individualistic foundations and/or limited by empiricist epistemologies could not provide.

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Objective & Hypothesis:‘State’ and ‘market’ are concepts so grossly abused that they have almost lost their heuristic value as analytical categories.
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Conclusion & Impact:This, in turn, indicates the need for conceptual categories to come to terms with ‘collective action’ in ways in which theories premised on individualistic foundations and/or limited by empiricist epistemologies could not provide.
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Abstract

‘State’ and ‘market’ are concepts so grossly abused that they have almost lost their heuristic value as analytical categories. They have also come to symbolise not only alternative strategies of capitalist development, but also rival premises upon which hegemonic strategies were to be developed. In the era of neoliberal hegemony, it has been contended that a ‘theory of state’ is required so as to make up for the deficiencies of the mainstream economics. This study focuses on the antinomies of an influential attempt to develop an economic theory of politics, namely, the rent-seeking analysis. It highlights the fact that the concept of the state as a neutral guarantor of contractual relations is no more than a ‘mental construct’, hardly relevant to account for the phenomena in question, but one which would be instrumental in providing the circumstances conducive for the ‘rational economic man’ to operate according to the assumptions of a particular model. This, in turn, indicates the need for conceptual categories to come to terms with ‘collective action’ in ways in which theories premised on individualistic foundations and/or limited by empiricist epistemologies could not provide.

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‘Devlet’ ve ‘piyasa’ o kadar suistimal edilen kavramlardır ki neredeyse analitik kategoriler olarak açıklayıcı değerlerini yitirmişlerdir. Ayrıca sadece alternatif kapitalist gelişme stratejilerini değil, üzerinde hegemonya stratejilerinin geliştirildiği rakip öncülleri de sembolize etmeye başlamışlardır. Neoliberal hegemonya döneminde, ana akım iktisadın kusurlarını telafi etmek için bir ‘devlet kuramı’na gereksinim duyulduğu belirtilmiştir. Bu çalışma, etkili bir girişimin; iktisadi bir siyaset kuramı, başka bir deyişle, rant kollama analizi geliştirmenin açmazlarına odaklanmaktadır. Bu bağlamda, sözleşme ilişkilerinin tarafsız garantörü olarak devlet kavramının, bir ‘zihinsel inşa’dan daha fazlası olmadığı gerçeğini vurgulamaktadır; ki bu ‘zihinsel inşa’ ele alınan olguların açıklanmasıyla zar zor alakalı olduğu halde tikel bir modelin varsayımlarına göre işleyen ‘rasyonel iktisadi insan’a uygun koşulları sağlamada araçsaldır. Bu durum da, empirisist epistemolojilerin ve/veya bireyselci temellere dayanan kuramların sağlayamadığı şekillerde ‘kollektif eylem’i irdelemek için kavramsal kategorilere ihtiyacı belirtmektedir.

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YALMAN, G. L. (2007). İktisadi Devlet Teorileri veya 'İkdisadın Emperyalizmi': Rant-Kollama Yaklaşımı Örneği. ODTÜ Gelişme Dergisi, Cilt: 34 - Sayı: 2, 387–412. https://ajindex.com/articles/292085

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