Agriculture and the state: An inquiry into agricultural differentiation and political alliances: The case of Turkey

Abstract

The following is a study of the changes in Turkish agriculture and peasantry preceding the industrialisation of the country. This ‘stylised’ history of the Turkish economy between 1923–50 will illustrate our analysis of the dynamics of transformation and the non‐transformation of traditional agriculture. Although the discussion is specific to the historical facts of Turkish agriculture, we hope that its theoretical content will point toward a methodology for the analysis of the reciprocity between the policies of the state and class structure.

Notes

University of California, Berkeley and St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, respectively. We are indebted to Professors A. Stinchcombe and T. Shanin for instruction, guidance and corrections, and to V. Brown for sympathy.