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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798536403321

Autore

Özbudun Ergun

Titolo

Party politics & social cleavages in Turkey / / Ergun Ozbudun

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , Ergun Ozbudun, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-62637-406-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Disciplina

324.2561

Soggetti

Political parties - Turkey

Social conflict - Turkey

Turkey Politics and government 1960-1980

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- 1 The Party System and Social Cleavages in Turkey -- 2 The Historical Roots of the Turkish Party System -- 3 The Impact of Social Cleavages -- 4 The Three Maladies: Fragmentation, Volatility, and Polarization -- 5 The Electoral System and the Party System -- 6 Current Debates on Electoral Reform -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book

Sommario/riassunto

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, secularist state elites against a conservative and pious majority? Ergun Özbudun uses the lens of Turkey's party and electoral systems to enhance our understanding of the country's polarized politics.