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This thesis will examine the economie conséquences of this organisée! violence in
Cyprus. While most of the island's two communities, Turkish-Cypriots and the
Greek-Cypriots, experienced their major economic shocks as a conséquence of
différent violent episodes, the most significant economic change for the island
occurred with de facto division in 1974. Clearly, the beginnings of two distinct noncommunicating
économies are earlier and will be explored below.
Economic history is an eclectic discipline, even more so when applied to Cyprus.
Its politicai and economic history places it both in Western Europe and the Third
World. The tremors from previous imperial impact: Ottoman, British, East-West,
still reverberate. An analysis of recent Cypriot economic history requires more than
the simple application of mainstream economic theory (developed in and perhaps
most usefully applied to advanced industriai societies). As a developing country
with a recent history of organised violence and politicai discord, a study of
structural and institutional development is important for illuminating economic
policy and performance, shedding new light on some of the politicai stances taken
in Cyprus.
Economies has its roots in politicai economy. For much of its history, politicai
economy used historical examples as empirical evidence. In Britain, Marxist
economists more recently monopolised the term "politicai economy", however, this
research also draws on the example of other classical economists (Smith, Ricardo,
and Mill) to rehabilitate a more general use of a wider perspective.
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