Party politics & social cleavages in Turkey

Description:

"Despite radical changes in Turkish politics since the transition to a multiparty system in the mid-1940s, the center-right parties have consistently won an electoral majority. Why? How have they managed to maintain such a firm hold in the face of social cleavages that pit modernizing, secularist state elites against a conservative and pious majority? Ergun Özbudun uses the lens of Turkey's party and electoral systems to enhance our understanding of the country's polarized politics."--Publisher's website.

subjects: Politics and government,  Political parties,  Social conflict,  Political parties, turkey,  Turkey, politics and government

Places: Turkey

Times: 1960-