Remaking Turkey : globalization, alternative modernities, and democracy / edited by E. Fuat Keyman ; foreword, Fred Dallmayr ; contributors, Bülent Aras [and fourteen others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dallmayr, Fred R. (Fred Reinhard), 1928- author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Keyman, Emin Fuat, editor.

Aras, Bülent, contributor.

Series:

Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--Turkey.

Democracy.

Turkey--Politics and government--1980-.

Turkey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 p.)

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent years there has been an upsurge of interest in Turkey's ability to create a secular, constitutional democracy within a predominantly Muslim population.Remaking Turkey provides a comprehensive and detailed account of how Turkey has achieved the possiblity of modernity and democracy in a Muslim social setting, as well as the important problems and challenges confronting this achievement.

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Foreword Fred Dallmayr; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Modernity and Democracy in Turkey E. Fuat Keyman; Part I Ottoman Presence; 1 Ottoman Awqaf, Turkish Modernization, and Citizenship Engin F. Işιn; 2 Reflections of European Self-Images in Ottoman Mirrors Aslι Çιrakman; Part II Problematizing Turkish Modernity; 3 Laiklik and Turkey's ""Cultural"" Modernity: Releasing Turkey into Conceptual Space Occupied by ""Europe""Andrew Davison; 4 From Culture of Politics to Politics of Culture: Reflections on Turkish Modernity Hasan Bülent Kahraman

5 The Public Sphere and the Question of Identity inTurkey Feyzi BabanPart III The Question of Recognition; 6 Defensive and Liberal Nationalisms: The Kurdish Question and Modernization/Democratization Murat Somer; 7 A Legitimate Restriction of Freedom? The Headscarf Issue in Turkey Murat Borovalt and Örner Turan; 8 Globalization, Modernization, and Democratization in Turkey: The Fethullah Gülen Movement Berrin Koyuncu Lorasdağι; 9 The Anatomy of Civil Society in Turkey: Toward aTransformation Ahmet İçduygu; Part IV Amongst Other Nations

10 Reconceptualizing Center Politics in Post-1980 Turkey: Transformation or Continiuty? Aylin Özman and Simten Coşar11 Turkey, September 11, and Greater Middle East Bülent Aras; 12 Turkey and European Integration: Toward Fairness and Reciprocity Senem Aydιn Düzgit and E. Fuat Keyman; Figures and Tables; About the Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-28810-7

0-7391-1815-3

0-7391-6019-2

OCLC:

854977604