Ekonomik karar alma süreçlerindeki aktörler: Iran Islam Cumhuriyeti'nde özelleştirme örneği

This thesis investigates the participation of the informal actors in the economic policy-making processes. Emerging in the wake of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, these informal actors, similar to the formal actors, have had a big say since then in the decision-making mechanisms in almost every field from politics to culture. Adopting the political economy approach, this thesis was written with a narrative technique due to the nature of the subject. This study examines mainly formal and informal actors who play an active role in the privatization processes, their connections, how and in which ways they are involved in the process, and finally, their effects on the results through some significant examples. The results show that the informal actors turned the privatization processes into their favor through strategies like cooperation with official actors, changing the agenda, creating public pressure, exclusion of competitors, and even military intervention. Besides this, the results indicate the informal actors are the main actors in economic policy-making processes.