Emerging and hybrid: the cases of turkish and brazilian market economies
This article examines the ways in which Turkish market economy has evolved into a hybrid form marked by illiberal characteristics. Exploring the dynamics of continuity and change in terms of institutional configurations, the article analyzes some of the major tensions between the old and new institutions in this emerging market economy which has attained remarkable levels of growth within the last decade even in the context of the ongoing global crisis. It draws comparisons between Turkey and Brazil regarding the emergence of hybrid varieties of capitalism in the transition from state-led development to market opening processes. The article asserts that compared to its Brazilian counterpart, the Turkish market economy is closer to patrimonial and statist market economies, rather than the liberal ones, and almost constantly goes through a vacillation between institutionalization and de-institutionalization. .