Secularism and Muslim democracy in Turkey
Yavuz, M. Hakan2009
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In 2002 the Islamist Justice and Development Part (AKP) swept to power in Turkey. Since then it has shied away from a hard-line ideological stance in favor of a more conservative and democratic approach. M. Hakan Yavuz, negotiates this ambivalence.....
Main title:
Secularism and Muslim democracy in Turkey / by M. Hakan Yavuz
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Imprint:
Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2009
Collation:
301 p. illustrations maps
Audience:
TertiaryGeneral
Contents:
Introduction: what is an Islamic party; is the AKP an Islamic party? - Historical and ideological background - Political and economic origins of the AKP: opportunity spaces and the backlash of February 28, 1997 - Ideology, leadership and organization - Kabaday and magdur: Erdogan and Gul - Modes of secularism - The Kurdish question and the AKP - The political crisis and the 2007 elections - Conclusion : the end of dual sovereignty and the creole political language.
ISBN:
9780521888783 (hbk 0521888786 hbk)
Dewey class:
324.2561 SEC
Local class:
324.2561
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
65703
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Reference | 324.2561 SEC | Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |