Exit from Democracy: Illiberal Governance in Turkey and Beyond

ISBN-13: 9780367891831 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 232 str.

Kerem Oktem; Karabekir Akkoyunlu

Opis

This book explores how Turkey exemplifies the larger global forces of democratic decline and authoritarian politics. It was originally published in Southeast European and Black Sea Studies.

Spis treści

Introduction: Turkey’s Exit from Democracy Kerem Öktem, Karabekir Akkoyunlu Making Sense of Turkey’s Transition 1. Understanding Turkey’s democratic breakdown: old vs. new and indigenous vs. global authoritarianism  Murat Somer 2. Existential insecurity and the making of a weak authoritarian regime in Turkey
 Karabekir Akkoyunlu, Kerem Öktem  Illiberal governance in comparative perspective 3. Decoding the authoritarian code: exercising ‘legitimate’ power politics through ruling parties in Turkey, Macedonia and Serbia Cengiz Günay and Vedran Dzihic  4. Examining state capacity in the context of electoral authoritarianism, regime formation and consolidation in Russia and Turkey David White and Marc Herzog  5. Strong presidents and weak institutions: populism in Turkey, Venezuela and Ecuador  Orçun Selçuk  Hegemonic struggles: Manufacturing consent and discontent 6. Populism as the problem child of democracy: the AKP’s enduring appeal and the use of meso-level actors  Bilge Yabanci  7. Turkey’s Diyanet under AKP rule: from protector to imposer of state ideology?
 Ahmet Erdi Öztürk  8. Creating a pious generation: youth and education policies of the AKP in Turkey  Demet Lüküslü  9. Conflict and reconciliation between Turks and Kurds: the HDP as an agonistic actor  Ömer Tekdemir  10. The ambiguities of democratic autonomy: the Kurdish movement in Turkey and Rojava  Michiel Leezenberg

O autorze

Kerem Öktem is Professor of Southeast European Studies and Modern Turkey at the Centre for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz.

Karabekir Akkoyunlu is Assistant Professor of Modern Turkey at the Centre for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz.