The Rise of Hybrid Political Islam in Turkey Origins and Consolidation of the JDP /

• Main Author: Bermek, Sevinç (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Elections.; Middle East-Politics and government.; Democracy.; Political science.; World politics.; Electoral Politics.; Middle Eastern Politics.; Governance and Government.; Political History.

This book charts the economic, social and political rise of the Justice and Development Party (JDP) as well as its political resilience over the last sixteen years. Going beyond the standard dichotomy debate of political Islam versus secularism, the author shows how the JDP, a political party with s...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Turkish Party System through Volatile Social and Political Cleavages
• Chapter 3 Game Changer: Socio-Economic Transformation and Emergence of the JDP in 2002
• Chapter 4 Meeting the Demands of Ordinary People: Electoral Consolidation via Catering to its Core Constituencies
• Chapter 5 Hybrid Ideology: Anchor for Electoral Consolidation and Further Entrenchment in Turkish Society and Politics
• Chapter 6 JDP and Dominant Party System in Light of the Turkish-Ottoman/Republican-Imperial Cleavage
• Chapter 7 Conclusion.