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The Constraints of IMF Conditionality and a Theoritical Evaluation of National Sovereignty

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The Constraints of IMF Conditionality and a Theoritical Evaluation of National Sovereignty

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International Monetary Fund (IMF) stabilization programs impose significant constraints on national sovereignty and decision-making autonomy through the mechanism of conditionality. By analyzing the impact of IMF conditionality on sovereignty within the frameworks of Dependency Theory and Governmentality, this article highlights a state of IMF-based digital governmentality grounded in Foucault’s socio-political analysis of the Panopticon. While Dependency Theory perceives the IMF as a tool of financial imperialism that sustains global economic hierarchy, Governmentality theory argues that the IMF establishes an auto-control mechanism—through normative discourses such as 'good governance'—wherein countries monitor themselves. Emphasizing that conditionality narrows the 'policy space' and leads to institutional hypocrisy, this study asserts that a panopticon order based on digital governmentality has been established over countries whose sovereignties have been eroded. As a result of IMF mandates, nations, much like inmates in a Panopticon, internalize the gaze (surveillance) of international financial institutions, thereby voluntarily circumscribing their own sovereignty. Consequently, it is argued that IMF conditionality is a multidimensional technology of power that erodes national sovereignty not only at the economic level but also at the political and discursive levels.

Anahtar Kelimeler

IMF, Conditionality, National Sovereignty, Decision-Making Autonomy, Dependency Theory, Governmentality, Panopicon

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Kaynak Göster

APA
Kızıltoprak, Ö., & Sabur, E. C. (2026). The Constraints of IMF Conditionality and a Theoritical Evaluation of National Sovereignty. EREN, 8, 39-50. https://izlik.org/JA53AW86JW
AMA
1.Kızıltoprak Ö, Sabur EC. The Constraints of IMF Conditionality and a Theoritical Evaluation of National Sovereignty. ED. 2026;(8):39-50. https://izlik.org/JA53AW86JW
Chicago
Kızıltoprak, Özgür, ve Emir Can Sabur. 2026. “The Constraints of IMF Conditionality and a Theoritical Evaluation of National Sovereignty”. EREN, sy 8: 39-50. https://izlik.org/JA53AW86JW.
EndNote
Kızıltoprak Ö, Sabur EC (01 Haziran 2026) The Constraints of IMF Conditionality and a Theoritical Evaluation of National Sovereignty. EREN 8 39–50.
IEEE
[1]Ö. Kızıltoprak ve E. C. Sabur, “The Constraints of IMF Conditionality and a Theoritical Evaluation of National Sovereignty”, ED, sy 8, ss. 39–50, Haz. 2026, [çevrimiçi]. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA53AW86JW
ISNAD
Kızıltoprak, Özgür - Sabur, Emir Can. “The Constraints of IMF Conditionality and a Theoritical Evaluation of National Sovereignty”. EREN. 8 (01 Haziran 2026): 39-50. https://izlik.org/JA53AW86JW.
JAMA
1.Kızıltoprak Ö, Sabur EC. The Constraints of IMF Conditionality and a Theoritical Evaluation of National Sovereignty. ED. 2026;:39–50.
MLA
Kızıltoprak, Özgür, ve Emir Can Sabur. “The Constraints of IMF Conditionality and a Theoritical Evaluation of National Sovereignty”. EREN, sy 8, Haziran 2026, ss. 39-50, https://izlik.org/JA53AW86JW.
Vancouver
1.Özgür Kızıltoprak, Emir Can Sabur. The Constraints of IMF Conditionality and a Theoritical Evaluation of National Sovereignty. ED [Internet]. 01 Haziran 2026;(8):39-50. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA53AW86JW