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- Volume:11 Issue:54
- BETWEEN LEGACY, LIBERALISM, AND HEGEMONY: SEARCH FOR A CENTRAL ASIAN POLITICAL ECONOMY
BETWEEN LEGACY, LIBERALISM, AND HEGEMONY: SEARCH FOR A CENTRAL ASIAN POLITICAL ECONOMY
Authors : Mehmet Şahin
Pages : 99-121
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Publication Date : 2022-04-05
Article Type : Research Paper
Abstract :The main purpose of this article is to map the political economy of Central Asia. In this regard, three contesting approaches to the region, which are post-colonialism, failure of liberalism and hegemonic stability theory, will be examined. The article argues that these approaches in fact do not contest, but rather complement each other. To that extent, the uniqueness of the region is based on such interactive relations among liberalism, hegemony and Soviet legacy. Thus, Central Asia differs from both liberal markets and commanded markets. From this point of view, the article will propose a political economy theory for Central AsiaKeywords : Orta Asya, Sovyet mirası, politik ekonomi, liberalizm, hegemonya