Overview
- Explores social and economic factors that enabled the emergence of political parties since the beginning of Turkey’s political party system
- Emphasises the socio-political aspect of the JDP rather than its ideology
- Provides a careful analysis of the JDP’s discourse and policy agenda
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Keywords
- Kurdish movement
- Europeanisation
- democratisation
- demilitarisation
- nationalism
- ethnic cleavages
- Gülen movement
- Justice and Development Party
- Turkish politics
- Erdogan
- political Islam
- evolution of the Turkish party system
- Lipset-Rokkan cleavage structure
- socio-economic transformation
- JDP welfare agenda
- JDP economic agenda
- JDP social policy agenda
- democratic rights
- hybrid discourse
- Imperial-Republican cleavage
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Reviews
“Many countries have been drifting towards authoritarianism since the beginning of this century but the case of Turkey is one of the more striking. In this insightful book, Bermek examines how an Islamist party captured and consolidated power through openly contested elections before it embraced authoritarianism and one-man rule. She emphasizes the long-standing social and economic cleavages in Turkey and skilfully brings together other factors, including the party’s ability to deliver to its conservative and low-income supporters, to explain its rise and electoral resilience. This book is strongly recommended to those interested in understanding Turkey’s recent transformation and also the rise of authoritarianism around the globe.” (Şevket Pamuk, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey)
“This book is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand contemporary Turkish politics. Through a detailed analysis of political party development since the early Republican period, Sevinc Bermek provides an insightful take on the underpinnings of the Turkish political party system and sheds considerable light on the strategies employed by the governing Justice and Development Party to mobilise support.” (Sarah Birch, King’s College London, United Kingdom)“A timely account of the rise of political Islam in Turkey that goes beyond the debate on secularism and Islam. The book is both academically sophisticated and politically relevant and certainly represents a welcome addition to the literature relating to Turkey, its radicalisation and the consequences of its radicalisation on its international standing.” (Leila Simona Talani, King’s College London, United Kingdom)
“This book argues that what has driven the JDP’s electoral success is not its ideological orientation but rather its addressing of public demands with socioeconomic policies. Accordingly, the party turned to ideology not before but after it consolidated the mass support. Hence, it deals with a significant question for Turkish politics as well as the broader comparative politics literature by engaging with the debates on party alignments, cleavage structures and electoral politics simultaneously and successfully.” (Hüseyin Alptekin, Istanbul Sehir University, Turkey)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Sevinç Bermek is Visiting Research Fellow at the Department of the Middle Eastern Studies, King’s College London, UK.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Rise of Hybrid Political Islam in Turkey
Book Subtitle: Origins and Consolidation of the JDP
Authors: Sevinç Bermek
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14203-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-14202-5Published: 27 May 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-14205-6Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-14203-2Published: 14 May 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 261
Number of Illustrations: 11 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Electoral Politics, Middle Eastern Politics, Democracy, Governance and Government, Political History