Free Trade and Democratization: The Ominous Link in the Case of Egypt

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dc.contributor.authorCevheri, Ertuğrul
dc.contributor.departmentSiyasal Bilgiler Fakültesitr_TR
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-05T06:46:48Z
dc.date.available2021-10-05T06:46:48Z
dc.date.issued2019-12-06
dc.description.abstractThis article shall examine the frequently studied relationship between free trade and democratization by taking Egypt as the case study. Egypt has gradually removed barriers against free trade over the years but unlike the claims of some studies in the literature, economic development stemming from free trade policies did not transform Egypt into a country with a more pluralist political system. The reason that trade liberalization has not been instrumental in Egypt’s democratization is related with the fact that Egypt’s trade liberalization policies were designed, negotiated and implemented by a small group of politicians who happened to have close ties with the business world and in some cases, they directly hailed from the business world. Naturally, these policies merely reflect narrow crony capitalist interests, at the expense of other social classes, particularly the middle class. Thus, as far as the Egyptian example is concerned, the relationship between free trade and democratization could be labelled as ominous since middle classes are generally regarded as instrumental in the formation a democratic system and trade liberalization or neoliberal economic policies in general have been pursued to the detriment of middle class Egyptians.tr_TR
dc.identifier.endpage1351tr_TR
dc.identifier.issn/e-issn1309-1034
dc.identifier.issue4tr_TR
dc.identifier.startpage1329tr_TR
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.33630/ausbf.552640tr_TR
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12575/75165
dc.identifier.volume74tr_TR
dc.language.isoentr_TR
dc.publisherAnkara Üniversitesitr_TR
dc.relation.isversionof10.33630/ausbf.552640tr_TR
dc.relation.journalAnkara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisitr_TR
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıtr_TR
dc.subjectFree tradetr_TR
dc.subjectDemocratizationtr_TR
dc.subjectEgypttr_TR
dc.titleFree Trade and Democratization: The Ominous Link in the Case of Egypttr_TR
dc.typeArticletr_TR

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