Aysçe Bugra is Associate Professor of Economics, Bogazicçi University, Istanbul.

• Tables and FiguresPreface1.  Introduction: State/Business Relations in Theory and Society2.  Private Business in Turkey: Past and Present3.  Political Context of Business Activity4.  The Turkish Holding Company As a Social Institution5.  Business Associations in Turkey6.  Concluding RemarksAppendix: List of IntervieweesNotesBibliographyIndex

"This is a well written and convincingly argued book, combining theoretical sophistication with empirical investigation. It will be read with interest and profit by the very many scholars in different disciplines whose interest lies in the field of political economy. It contains a rigorous conceptualization with empirical testing of contemporary data and is explicitly comparative in its perspective." — Maurice Wright, University of Manchester, England

Aysçe Bugra is Associate Professor of Economics, Bogazicçi University, Istanbul.

• Tables and FiguresPreface1.  Introduction: State/Business Relations in Theory and Society2.  Private Business in Turkey: Past and Present3.  Political Context of Business Activity4.  The Turkish Holding Company As a Social Institution5.  Business Associations in Turkey6.  Concluding RemarksAppendix: List of IntervieweesNotesBibliographyIndex

"This is a well written and convincingly argued book, combining theoretical sophistication with empirical investigation. It will be read with interest and profit by the very many scholars in different disciplines whose interest lies in the field of political economy. It contains a rigorous conceptualization with empirical testing of contemporary data and is explicitly comparative in its perspective." — Maurice Wright, University of Manchester, England

Aysçe Bugra is Associate Professor of Economics, Bogazicçi University, Istanbul.

• Tables and FiguresPreface1.  Introduction: State/Business Relations in Theory and Society2.  Private Business in Turkey: Past and Present3.  Political Context of Business Activity4.  The Turkish Holding Company As a Social Institution5.  Business Associations in Turkey6.  Concluding RemarksAppendix: List of IntervieweesNotesBibliographyIndex

"This is a well written and convincingly argued book, combining theoretical sophistication with empirical investigation. It will be read with interest and profit by the very many scholars in different disciplines whose interest lies in the field of political economy. It contains a rigorous conceptualization with empirical testing of contemporary data and is explicitly comparative in its perspective." — Maurice Wright, University of Manchester, England