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Author Çinar, Kürsat, author

Title The decline of democracy in Turkey : a comparative study of hegemonic party rule / Kürsat Çinar
Published Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 155 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Series Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ; 96
Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ; 96.
Contents Introduction -- Political Islam and the AKP's rising hegemony -- Social cleavages, electoral geography, and the AKP hegemony -- Political, socioeconomic and demographic determinants of the emerging AKP hegemony : a quantitative analysis -- Local dynamics behind the AKP hegemony : findigns from the field -- Hegemonic parties in comparative perspective : insights from Azerbaijan, Malaysia, Russia and beyond
Summary This book explores the roots of the decline of democracy and the rise of hegemonic parties in Turkey, by comparing the Justice and Development Party (AKP) with other comparable cases throughout the world. Offering a novel analysis in the rise of hegemonic parties, this book incorporates the analysis of state-society relations and institutionalist approaches. A hegemonic party is a single political party that dominates the scene in multi-party elections for extended periods of time. Focusing on the cases of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Malaysia, Russia and other countries through the Middle East, Asia, Latin America, Africa and Europe, the book proves that hegemony building is possible through the combination of societal and institutional factors at the individual, local, and national levels. Multilingual comparative content analysis, rigorous statistical tests, and in-depth elite-level interviews support this theory, based on an extensive fieldwork analysis. Analysing contemporary as well as historical cases of hegemonic parties, the volume will be of interest to researchers and students in a broad range of areas including democratization, political parties and Turkish politics
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description based on print version record
Subject AK Parti (Turkey)
SUBJECT AK Parti (Turkey) fast
Subject Political parties -- Turkey
Democracy -- Turkey
Islam and politics -- Turkey
Political parties.
Comparative government.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
Comparative government
Democracy
Islam and politics
Political parties
Politics and government
SUBJECT Turkey -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85138842
Subject Turkey
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019718209
ISBN 9780429259715
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