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Record Nr.

UNINA9910483845403321

Autore

Sengupta Anita

Titolo

Myth and Rhetoric of the Turkish Model [[electronic resource] ] : Exploring Developmental Alternatives / / by Anita Sengupta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Delhi : , : Springer India : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

81-322-1765-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (173 p.)

Disciplina

956.104

Soggetti

International relations

European Economic Community literature

Political philosophy

International Relations

European Integration

Political Philosophy

Turkey History 1960-

Turkey Social conditions 1960-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Chapter 1. Political Dynamics in Eurasia: Background and Context of the Turkish Model -- Chapter 2. What is the “Turkish Model”? -- Chapter 3. Confronting the Past: Reclaiming Ottoman-Russian connections and the Ottoman legacy -- Chapter 4. Eurasianism or Neo-Ottomanism? The Neighborhood in Turkish Foreign Policy -- Chapter 5. The Central Asian Response to Models -- Chapter 6. The Turkish Model at Crossroads: A Conclusion -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

The volume discusses what the Turkish Model, or Turkish Development Alternative, was and why it was promoted in the Central Asian republics immediately following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. It argues that the Turkish Model was a myth that transferred the ideal of a ''secular, democratic, liberal society'' as a model for the post Soviet Turkic world and in the process encouraged a ''Turkic" rhetoric that emphasized connection between the two regions based on a common ancestry. The volume begins with an understanding of the reality of the Model from a Turkish perspective and then goes on to examine whether the Turkic



world as a "cultural-civilizational alternative" makes sense both from a historical as well as contemporary perspective. It concludes by looking at the re-emergence of the Model in the wake of the events in West Asia in early 2011 and examines how in the light of a search for options the Turkish Model is once again projected as viable.  .