Secularism and Muslim democracy in Turkey
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Secularism and Muslim democracy in Turkey
(Cambridge Middle East studies, 28)
Cambridge University Press, 2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-294) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In 2002 the Islamist Justice and Development Party (AKP) swept to power in Turkey. Since then it has shied away from a hard-line ideological stance in favour of a more conservative and democratic approach. In this book, M. Hakan Yavuz negotiates this ambivalence asking whether it is possible for a political party with a deeply religious ideology to liberalise and entertain democracy or whether, as he contends, radical religious groups moderate their practices and ideologies when forced to negotiate a competitive and rule-based political system. The author explores the thesis through an analysis of the rise and evolution of the AKP and its more recent 2007 election victory. The book, which tackles a number of important issues including political participation, economics and internal security, provides a masterful survey of modern Turkish and Islamic politics, which will be of interest to a broad range of readers from students to professionals and policymakers.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: what is an Islamic and non-Islamic party?
- 1. The socio-political context
- 2. Political origins of the AKP
- 3. Ideology, organization and parliamentary group of the AKP
- 4. The two queen bees: Erdogan and Gul
- 5. Modes of secularism
- 6. The AKP and the Kurdish question
- 7. Foreign policy - EU/Cyprus and USA/Iraq
- 8. The crisis and the 2007 elections.
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