Democratic government is facing unprecedented challenges at a global scale. Yet, Turkey's descent into conflict, crisis and autocracy is exceptional. Only a few years ago, the country was praised as a successful Muslim-majority democracy and a promising example of sustainable growth. In Turkey&...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Öktem, Kerem 1969- (HerausgeberIn), Akkoyunlu, Karabekir (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2018
Schlagworte:	Autoritärer Staat Türkei Südosteuropa Russland Erdoğan, Recep Tayyip AK Parti (Turkey) Authoritarianism / Turkey Democracy / Turkey Turkey / Politics and government / 1980- Authoritarianism Democracy Politics and government Turkey Since 1980 Aufsatzsammlung
Zusammenfassung:	Democratic government is facing unprecedented challenges at a global scale. Yet, Turkey's descent into conflict, crisis and autocracy is exceptional. Only a few years ago, the country was praised as a successful Muslim-majority democracy and a promising example of sustainable growth. In Turkey's Exit from Democracy, the contributors argue that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the Justice and Development Party government have now effectively abandoned the realm of democratic politics by attempting regime change with the aim to install a hyper-presidentialist system. Examining how this power grab comes at the tail end of more than a decade of seemingly democratic politics, the contributors also explore the mechanisms of de-democratization through two distinctive, but interrelated angles: A set of comparative analyses explores illiberal forms of governance in Turkey, Russia, Southeast Europe and Latin America. In-depth studies analyse how Turkey's society has been reshaped in the image of a patriarchal habitus and how consent has been fabricated through religious, educational, ethnic and civil society policies. Despite this comprehensive authoritarian shift, the result is not authoritarian consolidation, but a deeply divided and contested polity. Analysing an early example of democratic decline and authoritarian politics, this volume is relevant well beyond the confines of regional studies. These chapters were originally published as a special issue in Southeast European and Black Sea Studies
Beschreibung:	"The chapters in this book were originally published in Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 16, issue 4 (December 2016)"-- Citation Information, page vii
Beschreibung:	x, 231 Seiten 26 cm
ISBN:	9781138504004