A Need For Neoclassical Realist Approach in Internatinoal Political Economy: The Eurasian Economic Union

Year 2020, Issue: 57, 253 - 272, 23.12.2020

Mehmet Şahin

https://doi.org/10.18070/erciyesiibd.745808

Cited By: 1

Abstract

This study refers to the importance of the neoclassical realist approach in international
political economy studies. The domestic structures of the states will be emphasized in order to
understand the reasons for the varieties of capitalist models and hybrid economic systems that
emerged after the Cold War. In this sense, the article argues that neoclassical realism could be
useful to understand the regional differences in international political economy, despite the critics.
Accordingly, the dominant view of the international system, which is liberalism, is the independent
variable and the domestic variables of states are the intervening variables. The outcomes that are the
hybrid systems are the dependent variable. The theoretical part of the study will examine these
variables in detail. The Eurasian Economic Union will be taken in the last section of the work as the
case study to test the validity of the model.

Keywords

The Eurasian Economic Union, Neoclassical Realism.

Uluslararası Ekonomi Politikte Neoklasik Realizme Duyulan İhtiyaç: Avrasya Ekonomi Topluluğu

Abstract

Bu çalışma uluslararası ekonomi politik çalışmalarında neoklasik yaklaşımın önemine değinmektedir. Çalışmada farklı kapitalist modellerin ve özellikle Soğuk Savaş sonrasında ortaya çıkan hibrit ekonomik sistemlerin sebebini anlamak için devletlerin iç yapılarının önemli olduğuna vurgu yapılacaktır. Buna göre uluslararası sistemin hâkim anlayışı olan liberalizm bağımsız değişken, devletlerin iç yapıları da ara değişkendir. Ortaya çıkan hibrit sistemler de bağımlı değişkendir. Modelin geçerliliğini göstermek için Avrasya Ekonomi Topluluğu vaka çalışması olarak ele alınacaktır.

Keywords

Avrasya Ekonomi Topluluğu, Neoklasik Realizm, Uluslararası Ekonomi

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