Party politics & social cleavages in Turkey /
"Despite radical changes in Turkish politics since the transition to a multiparty system in the mid-1940s, the center-right parties have consistently won an electoral majority. Why? How have they managed to maintain such a firm hold in the face of social cleavages that pit modernizing, seculari...
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Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.,
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Publisher Address: | Boulder, Colorado : |
Publication Dates: | 2013. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Summary: |
"Despite radical changes in Turkish politics since the transition to a multiparty system in the mid-1940s, the center-right parties have consistently won an electoral majority. Why? How have they managed to maintain such a firm hold in the face of social cleavages that pit modernizing, secularist state elites against a conservative and pious majority? Ergun Özbudun uses the lens of Turkey's party and electoral systems to enhance our understanding of the country's polarized politics."--Publisher's website. |
Carrier Form: | x, 155 pages ; 24 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-148) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781588269003 (alk. paper) : 1588269000 (alk. paper) |
Index Number: | JQ1809 |
CLC: | D737.40 |
Call Number: | D737.40/O994 |
Contents: | The Party System and Social Cleavages in Turkey -- The Historical Roots of the Turkish Party System -- The Impact of Social Cleavages -- The Three Maladies: Fragmentation, Volatility, and Polarization -- The Electoral System and the Party System -- Current Debates on Electoral Reform. |