 | Environmentalism in Turkey: Between Democracy and Development? Subjects: Economics Finance Business & Industry; Environment and Sustainability; Geography; Environmental Policy; Economics; Human Geography; Environmental Economics; Political Geography; Environmental Geography; Regional Geography - Human Geography; Bringing together a mixture of theoretical discussion, political analyses and illustrative case studies, this volume provides the first comprehensive scholarly analysis of the tension between environmental protection and economic development in Turkey. Through its dual focus on democratization and modernization, this book also makes an important contribution to the literature on politics in contemporary Turkey. It identifies and analyses the forces underwriting the growth of environmental social movements, investigates the impacts these movements have on development and modernization, and above all, evaluates the role played by environmental movements in the democratization process of Turkey. Fikret Adaman is Professor at the Department of Economics, Bogazici University, Turkey. Dr Murat Arsel is Lecturer and Research Associate in the Environmental Studies Program, at the University of Chicago, USA. |
