Turkish Democracy Today - Elections, Protest and Stability in an Islamic Society

Informationen zum Autor Ali Carkoglu is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Sabanci University and a member of the editorial board of Turkish Studies. Ersin Kalycioglu is a Professor of Political Science and President of Isik University! Istanbul. Ustun Erguder is Director of the Istanbul Policy Center at Sabanci University. Klappentext The authors of this volume combine cutting-edge theory with in-depth empirical research to address the key issues in contemporary Turkish politics: the rise of democratic Islamist parties! and the implications of their ascendancy for political stability and democratic governance. They offer important conclusions on voter decision-making in Turkey! and provide a rigorous theoretical framework for identifying trends and anticipating future developments. Zusammenfassung Argues that Turkish democracy has been treated as a sui generis case! and been cut off from theoretical developments in psephology and comparative sociology. This title addresses the key issues in Turkish politics: the rise of democratic Islamist parties! and the implications of their ascendancy for political stability and democratic governance.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ali Carkoglu, Ersin Kalaycioglu
• Verlag: Tauris, I.B.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 15.12.2006
• EAN: 9781845111854
• ISBN: 978-1-84511-185-4
• Seiten: 256
• Serien: International Library of Political Studies; International Library of Polit; International Library of Political Studies
• Thema: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politisches System