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Abstract Mercantilism and cameralism are important approaches that play a role in the development of the modern state. Mercantilism aims to protect individual interests and tends to increase foreign trade. It cares about economic welfare. It showed its effect in Western European countries until the Industrial Revolution. Cameralism is a state science with a broader perspective than mercantilism. Centralizing the power of monarchical bureaucracy by increasing social welfare is the main feature of cameralist policies. Cameralism continued its influence after the Industrial Revolution and considered the public interest more than mercantilist policies. Individual welfare and interest are considered as a result of the effective activities of the management. Monarchic power supported stability in state administration and strong public finances. The aim of this study is that although it has economic directions in common with mercantilism, cameralism should not be seen as a political branch of mercantilism. Although there is a cause and effect relationship between mercantilism and cameralism, cameralism emerged for political purposes. The most important reason for the development of cameralism is the aim of providing national unity and integrity. In this respect, it differs from the mercantilist theory, which is based entirely on economic power and interests. In cameralism, a bureaucratic and status quo approach that focuses on the solution of administrative problems seems to be dominant. In the study, a literature review was used by using document analysis, one of the qualitative research methods. The findings obtained as a result of the literature review support the study problem.

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