This volume offers a variety of perspectives on Turkey's democratic backsliding since 2010 as the ruling Justice and Development Party and President Recep T. Erdogan have consolidated their rule. It highlights numerous historical, ideological, and structural forces that have contributed to this process, explores the weaknesses of the opposition and civil society actors, examines how the changing political economy has contributed to growing authoritarianism, and notes how growing authoritarianism has impacted different political and social actors. It also suggests some factors that might help reverse the current processes of de-democratization.
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"This volume offers a refreshing and unique perspective to explaining Turkey's authoritarian drift by exploring the connections between institutional continuities from the days of the Ottoman Empire with contemporary cultural, economic, societal and political realities. I highly recommend this volume to all who are interested in acquiring a deeper and broader understanding of Turkey's de-democratization."
-Kemal Kirisci, Senior Scholar, Brookings Institution "Paths of De-Democratization in Turkey provides a new angle and approach to the process of backsliding of democratization in Turkey since 2013. Readers will find varied attempts to re-assess earlier theorizing on the subject of Turkish de-democratization by reference to historical, cultural, and social structural influences on creating a viable opposition and guardrails against a government that has become increasingly authoritarian."
-Ersin Kalaycioglu, Professor of Political Science, Sabanci University "This volume is a comprehensive and essential analysis of the Justice and Democracy Party's (AKP) rise to power and Recep Erdogan's success in establishing an authoritarian political system in Turkey. Contributors employ different perspectives in describing factors behind the breakdown of Turkey's weak democracy, domination of state institutions by Erdogan loyalists, social engineering through neo-Ottomanism, and internal and external contradictions that present severe challenges for Turkey."
-Birol Yesilada, Professor of Political Science, Portland State University
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Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 157 mm
Dicke: 17 mm
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978-3-0343-4868-3 (9783034348683)
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Paul Kubicek is Professor of Political Science at Oakland University. He has published extensively on Turkish politics, has taught at Koc University and Bogazici University in Turkey, and serves as editor of Turkish Studies.
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List of Figures and Table - Isabel David/Paul Kubicek: Introduction - OEzguer Salmanog: Theoretical Approaches to De-Democratization and Regime Development in Turkey - Devrim Sahin/Ahmet Soezen: The Political (Non)-Development of Turkey at Its Centenary: The Revival of Peker's Autocratic State-Party System - Sevgi Dogan: Erdogan's Regressive Caesarism: A Tentative Gramscian Reading of Contemporary Turkish De-Democratization - Murat Akser: De-democratization of Turkish Media: A New Century of Opposition and Resistance? - Ekin Emek Berber/Guenizi Satar: Impunity Policy in Turkey and Victims' Right to Know the Truth - UElker Soezen: Emotional Landscape of Activism in Turkey: Hope and Emotional Sustainability Under Authoritarianism - Goekhan Demir: Big Business Response to Authoritarianism in 1990s Turkey: The Case of the New Democracy Movement in Turkey - Alp Kayserlioglu: The Discontents of Authoritarianism in Neoliberalism: Contradictions between the State and the Capitalist Class in Turkey after 2018 - Carlo Sanna: An Account of Intra-party Democracy in Turkey's Republican People's Party [Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi] 2010-2023 - Seda Demiralp: Changes and Continuities in Opposition Discourse: Politicizing Corruption Ahead of 2023 Elections - Notes on Contributors - Index
