RECONSTRUCTING DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL PARTIES: DEMOCRATIZATION IN TURKEY (1983-1995) - Couverture souple

ASLAN AKMAN, CANAN

 
9783639087208: RECONSTRUCTING DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL PARTIES: DEMOCRATIZATION IN TURKEY (1983-1995)
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3639087208 ISBN 13 : 9783639087208
Editeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009

Synopsis

Studies of democratization in the 1980s and 1990s after the second-wave of military regimes across the world investigated the process from various angles, each focusing on its specific dimensions and actors. This study analyzes the Turkish experience of re-democratization preceded by a relatively short military regime (1980-1983) from the perspective of political parties. It deals with both the trajectory of democratization and the reconstruction of political parties as institutions. Turkish democratization has turned out to be a protracted process extending into the late 1990s—and even continuing today--, and it has unfolded through a series of political reforms. While the Turkish military has retained its tutelary and supervisory role, political parties emerged as the critical actors in the reform process. This study looks closely into the identities and strategies of Turkey’s major political parties and party elites who held power in the first decade after the transition from military rule. It analyzes how parties have met the double challenge of institutionalizing and of democratizating the political system amidst internal and external pressures.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Studies of democratization in the 1980s and 1990s after the second-wave of military regimes across the world investigated the process from various angles, each focusing on its specific dimensions and actors. This study analyzes the Turkish experience of re-democratization preceded by a relatively short military regime (1980-1983) from the perspective of political parties. It deals with both the trajectory of democratization and the reconstruction of political parties as institutions. Turkish democratization has turned out to be a protracted process extending into the late 1990s¿and even continuing today--, and it has unfolded through a series of political reforms. While the Turkish military has retained its tutelary and supervisory role, political parties emerged as the critical actors in the reform process. This study looks closely into the identities and strategies of Turkey¿s major political parties and party elites who held power in the first decade after the transition from military rule. It analyzes how parties have met the double challenge of institutionalizing and of democratizating the political system amidst internal and external pressures.

Biographie de l'auteur

Canan Aslan-Akman, Ph.D: Studied Women¿s Studies at Trinity College-Dublin and political science at McGill University. Research interests include democratization, political parties, Turkish politics and and women¿s political participation. Assistant professor of political science and gender studies at METU, Ankara Turkey since 2002.

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Éditeur
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639087208
ISBN 13 
9783639087208
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
376
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