Municipal Politics in Turkey: Local Government and Party Organisation

ISBN-13: 9780367887650 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 208 str.

Charlotte (Hamburg University) Joppien

Opis

This book compares local politics in two Central Anatolian cities ruled by different governmental parties, the AKP in Konya and the CHP in Eskişehir. It analyzes how national political parties adapt to local contexts (culture of everyday politics) and how they seek to influence local culture (politics of everyday culture).

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Konya and Eskisehir: A Political History of Two Cities  2. Becoming a Mayor in Turkey  3. Municipalism between Local and National  4. ‘Doing’ Everyday Municipalism  5. Relations of Benefit - Service, Welfare and Patronage  6. Planning the Urban(s)  7. Cultural Policy, Shaping Locality  Conclusion

O autorze

Charlotte Joppien is managing director of the Türkei Europa Zentrum at Hamburg University. Her work focuses on Turkish domestic and municipal politics, political culture, political mobilization, political Islam and cultural policy.