Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
ERCIYES UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES, sa.65, ss.1-6, 2023 (Hakemli Dergi)
From the moment it emerged, the Covid-19 pandemic has caused many problems. One of the biggest criticisms towards these problems has been the public policies implemented by states with neoliberal policies. Especially in the 1980s, the neoliberal governments that came to power in the United States and England announced that they abandoned the policies that prioritized the public interest, switched to the free market mechanism and adopted the minimum state approach. Therefore, neoliberal governments have argued that the state mechanism that protects the weaker sections of society, ensures social equality, intervenes in the market, and provides goods and services is cumbersome and weak. It has been observed that these claims have remained weak with the Covid19 pandemic. In other words, the Covid-19 pandemic has led to serious criticism of the neoliberal system’s approach that lacks inclusiveness, treats citizens as customers, and confines the role assigned to the state to a minimal area. The return to the nation-state paradigm claimed to be a solution to the malignant problems that the neoliberal system created in times of crisis. In this context, the study deals with the criticism of neoliberal policies and the idea of the necessity of the nation-state.