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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809117103321

Autore

Kumbaracibasi Arda Can.

Titolo

Turkish politics and the rise of the AKP : dilemmas of institutionalization and leadership strategy / / Arda Can KumbaracÄłbasi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2009

ISBN

1-134-00766-3

1-134-00767-1

1-282-59541-5

9786612595417

0-203-87629-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ; ; 5

Classificazione

15.75

Disciplina

324.2561/04

Soggetti

Turkey Politics and government 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

Introduction -- Towards a theoretical framework -- Review of the literature -- The laws on political parties (SPK) and elections -- Veto players -- Electoral environment -- Party organization and "systemness" -- Party ideology -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

The Justice and Development Party (AKP) has been in power since 2002. This book is the first book-length analysis to chart the rise and development of the party from its Islamist roots through to government, analysing in particular its internal organisation and dynamics.  Since its foundation in 2001, the AKP seems to have been more successful than any other party with an Islamic background in the history of the Turkish Republic. Drawing on interviews and analyses of quantitative data from primary and secondary sources, the author examines the party's character as an organisation, its inter