The Justice and Development Party in Turkey - Populism, Personalism, Organization (Hardcover)

Turkish politics were remarkably reshaped in the early 2000s following the decline of the Islamist National View and the electoral breakthrough of the new Justice and Development Party (JDP) headed by Erdogan. Beside its Islamist credentials, Erdogan's JDP consistently and convincingly presented itself as the 'populist' defender of the downtrodden sectors of Turkish society. However, with Erdogan's rise as the popularly elected president in 2014, Turkey's already fragile democratic system was driven in a more authoritarian direction. Shifting the focus away from structural factors, this book analyzes the political appeal and organisation of the JDP that granted them such unprecedented electoral resilience. With critical but accessible theoretical discussions, Toygar Sinan Baykan locates the JDP within the wider literature of populism, Islamist party politics, party organisations and authoritarianism. Over fifty in-depth interviews also help to relate the intimate story of Turkey's socio-cultural divides and the JDP's intraparty organisational dynamics, thereby offering a fresh account of Turkish politics.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2018
Authors:	Toygar Sinan Baykan
Dimensions:	235 x 157 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	336
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-48087-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political parties > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General
LSN:	1-108-48087-X
Barcode:	9781108480871

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