Journals / Praksis / 2019 / Sayı: 51

Reconsidering critical political economy within the context of crisis: Euro-zone crisis and conceptual crisis

Kriz Bağlamında Eleştirel Siyasi Ekonominin Yerini Yeniden Düşünmek: Avro Krizi ve Kuramsal Kriz

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Praksis
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9–31
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The article shall argue that critical political economy literature contributes to analyze European integration within global structure, to uncover class politics behind integration rather than explicating integration as an automatic process and to problematize power relations.

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Objective & Hypothesis:In tandem with global crisis, the Euro-zone crisis, rise of far-right political parties and exiting options from the EU such as Brexit have also determined discussions within European studies literature.
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Abstract

In tandem with global crisis, the Euro-zone crisis, rise of far-right political parties and exiting options from the EU such as Brexit have also determined discussions within European studies literature. Mainstream literature on European studies has failed to develop necessary analytical tools to explain crisis whereas critical political economy studies are considerably excluded from mainstream on grounds of Euro-scepticism. Yet, exclusion of critical political economy literature, which takes economics and politics as embedded processes, from main debates within European studies literature has weakened analytical basis to understand current contradictions of European integration, to explicate crisis and to develop strategies. This study aims to present critical political economy literature under four categories namely: Varieties of Capitalism, Regulation School, Open Marxism and Gramscian Historical Materialism. How does critical political economy literature criticize mainstream’s explanations regarding the crisis? How do they explicate Euro-zone crisis and its socio-economic structure which caused the crisis? What strategies do they put forward in resolving the crisis? The article shall argue that critical political economy literature contributes to analyze European integration within global structure, to uncover class politics behind integration rather than explicating integration as an automatic process and to problematize power relations.

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Küresel finans krizine paralel olarak Avro krizi, aşırı-sağ partilerin yükselişi ve Brexit gibi tarihsel gelişmeler Avrupa çalışmaları içindeki kuramsal tartışmaları da etkiledi. Avrupa çalışmaları literatüründe anaakım tartışmalar krizi açıklamada yetersiz kalmış, eleştirel siyasi ekonomi yazını da bu literatür içinde ‘Avrupa şüpheciliği’ temelinde maalesef genelde dışlanmıştır. Halbuki ekonomi ve siyaseti birbirine içsel alanlar olarak kavramsallaştıran eleştirel siyasi ekonomi yazınının Avrupa çalışmaları literatüründen dışlanması krize içkin nedenleri çözümlemek ve çözüm önerileri geliştirmek açısından mevcut tartışmaları zayıflatmaktadır. Bu çalışma Avrupa entegrasyonunu açıklamaya yönelik eleştirel siyasi ekonomi literatürü içindeki mevcut kuramsal yaklaşımları dört kategoride inceler: Kapitalizmin Çeşitliliği Yazını, Düzenleme Okulu, Açık Marksizm ve Gramsci’ci Tarihsel Materyalizm. Eleştirel siyasi ekonomi yazını ana akım yaklaşımların krize ilişkin açıklamalarını nasıl değerlendirir? Avro krizini ve krize neden olan sosyo-ekonomik yapıyı ve çelişkilerini nasıl açıklar? Krize karşı ne gibi politikalar önerir? Çalışmada eleştirel siyasi ekonomi yazınının özellikle Avrupa entegrasyonunu küresel bir yapı içinde analiz etmesi, entegrasyonun kendiliğinden devam eden değil sınıf çatışması temelinde gelişen bir süreç olduğunun altını çizmesi ve mevcut güç ilişkilerinin sorunsallaştırması noktasında literatüre katkı yaptığı tartışılmaktadır.

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UZGÖREN, E. (2019). Reconsidering critical political economy within the context of crisis: Euro-zone crisis and conceptual crisis. Praksis, Sayı: 51, 9–31. https://ajindex.com/articles/302967

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