National elections in Turkey : people, politics, and the party system / F. Michael Wuthrich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wuthrich, F. Michael, author.

Series:

Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East.

Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Elections--Turkey.

Elections.

Political parties--Turkey--History.

Political parties.

Turkey--Politics and government.

Turkey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What determines voting behavior in Turkey? At a time when the center-right, religious-conservative leadership of the Justice and Development Party has dominated government and the political scene in Turkey-so much so that the democratic credentials of the regime have come into question-many have sought to understand what undergirds this party's success at the polls. While many scholars have argued that elections in Turkey over time can be effectively and simply explained by static social or cultural cleavages, Wuthrich challenges these assertions with a framework that carefully attends to patterns of strategic vote-getting behavior in elections by political parties and their leaders. Using the campaign speeches of the political elite, election data at national and provincial levels, and careful observations of voter mobilization strategies across time, Wuthrich traces four distinct patterns that explain important shifts in electoral behavior. He covers the first free and fair multiparty election in 1950 and follows campaign strategies through 2011, highlighting and explaining the potential development of a new and more problematic paradigm emerging in the post-2007 environment.

Contents:

Introduction

PART ONE. PREVIOUS APPROACHES AND ASSUMPTIONS.

Left/right "ideological" positioning and the role of religion in Turkish elections

Center/periphery and other essential social cleavages in Turkish elections

Persistent political orientations and the electoral system in Turkey

PART TWO. ELECTORAL PARADIGMS IN TURKEY.

The initial paradigm, 1950-1965

The ideological imaging paradigm, 1965-1980

The "national center" paradigm, 1983-1991

The culture-identity paradigm, 1995-2007

A predominant party paradigm? : 2011-?

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780815653462

0815653468

OCLC:

918511097