Party Politics and 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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boulder, CO :
Lynne Rienner Publishers,
2013.
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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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (167 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1626374066 9781626374065 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |