Politics of Favoritism in Public Procurement in Turkey

Reconfigurations of Dependency Networks in the AKP Era

Esra Çeviker Gürakar (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

127 Seiten

2018 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-95513-8 (ISBN)

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This book, through an analysis of 49,355 high value public procurement contracts awarded between 2004 and 2011, provides systematic evidence on favoritism in public procurement in Turkey. Public procurement is one of the main areas where the government and the private sector interact extensively and is thus open to favoritism and corruption. In Turkey, the new Public Procurement Law, which was drafted with the pull of the EU-IMF-WB nexus, has been amended more than 150 times by the AKP government. In addition to examining favoritism, this book also demonstrates how the legal amendments have increased the use of less competitive procurement methods and discretion in awarding contracts. The results reveal that the AKP majority government has used public procurement as an influential tool both to increase its electoral success, build its own elites and finance politics. The use of public procurement for rent creation and distribution is found to be particularly extensive in the construction and the services sector through the TOKİ projects and the Municipal procurements.

Esra Çeviker Gürakar is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Okan University, Istanbul, Turkey. Her research focuses on political economy, institutional economics, and law and economics. Her recent papers on public procurement in Turkey include “Business Networks and Public Procurement in Turkey”, “Political Connections and Public Procurement in Turkey: Evidence from the Construction Work Contracts” and “Does Public E-Procurement Deliver What It Promises? Empirical Evidence from Turkey.” She can be contacted at esragurakar@gmail.com.

1. Introduction and Overview.- 2. Politics of Government-Business Relations in Turkey: Deep-Rooted Structures and New Tensions.- 3. Political Economy of Reform and Backlash in the Public Procurement System: Third Party Enforcement vs. the Political Settlement in Turkey.- 4. Redistribution or Crony Capitalism? Favoritism in Public Procurement Contract Award Processes.- 5. Conclusion.

“Politics of Favoritism in Public Procurement in Turkey sheds new light into an important aspect of contemporary Turkish politics that has received only scant scholarly attention. In particular, the empirical evidence presented in the book on the firms that succeeded in winning the procurement contracts makes an original contribution to the literature. The book will be especially useful for those interested in political favoritism, clientelism, and patronage in Turkey.” (Sabri Sayarı, Middle East Journal, Vol. 72 (3), 2018)

Erscheinungsdatum	28.08.2018
Reihe/Serie	Reform and Transition in the Mediterranean
Zusatzinfo	19 Illustrations, color; XV, 127 p. 19 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Logistik / Produktion
Schlagworte	Devout Bourgeoisie • Justice and Development Party • Politically Connected Firms in Turkey • Procurement contracts in Turkey • Public procurement in Turkey • Tayyip Erdoğan • Third Party Enforcement • TOKi • Turkish political Connections
ISBN-10	1-349-95513-2 / 1349955132
ISBN-13	978-1-349-95513-8 / 9781349955138
Zustand	Neuware