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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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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Özbudun, Ergun
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2013.
Subjects:
Political parties > Turkey.
Social conflict > Turkey.
Turkey > Politics and government > 1960-1980.
Political parties.
Politics and government.
Social conflict.
Turkey.
Table of Contents:
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Table 3.1 Votes For Major Parties By Region, 1950, 1954,And 1957 (Percentages)
  • Table 3.2 Votes For Major Parties By Region, 1961, 1965, And 1969 (Percentages)
  • Table 4.1 Vote And Seat Shares For Parties, 1950, 1954, And 1957
  • Table 4.2 Vote And Seat Shares For Parties, 1961-1977
  • Table 4.3 Vote And Seat Shares For Parties, 1983-1999
  • Table 4.4 Vote And Seat Shares For Parties, 2002-2011
  • Table 4.5 Volatility In The Party System, 1961-2011
  • Table 4.6 Total Vote Shares Of The Left And Right Parties,1950-2011
  • Table 5.1 Disproportionality In The Party System, 1950-2011
  • Acronyms Andabbreviations
  • Chapter 1- The Party System And Social Cleavages In Turkey
  • Social Cleavages And Party Systems
  • Lipset And Rokkan'S Model On Cleavage Structures And Party Systems
  • Notes
  • Chapter 2- The Historical Roots Of Theturkish Party System
  • The Rise Of Local Notables And The Nineteenth-Century Reforms
  • The First And Second Constitutional Periods
  • The Period Of National Liberation, 1920-1923
  • The Cleavage Within The Revolutionary Cadres And The Emergence Of A Single-Party System
  • The Single-Party Era
  • Notes
  • Chapter 3- The Impact Of Social Cleavages
  • From The Center-Periphery Cleavage To Afunctional Cleavage
  • A Period Of Transition, 1983-2001
  • The Renewed Saliency Of The Center-Periphery Cleavage
  • Notes
  • Chapter 4- The Three Maladies: Fragmentation, Volatility, And Polarization
  • Fragmentation
  • Volatility
  • Polarization
  • Changes And Continuities In The Party System
  • The Trend Toward A Predominant Party System
  • Notes
  • Chapter 5- The Electoral System And The Party System
  • Electoral Systems In Turkey
  • The Disproportionality Of Electoral Systems
  • The Choice Of An Electoral System
  • Notes
  • Chapter 6- Current Debates On Electoral Reform.
  • Political Parties' Positions On The Electoral System
  • Individual Proposals For Electoral Reform
  • Public Opinion And Issues Of Electoral Reform
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About The Book.

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