Turkeys Democratization Process
Since the end of the 1980 coup dtat Turkey has been in the midst of a complex process of democratization. Applying methodological pluralism in order to provide a comprehensive analysis of this process in a Turkish context, this book brings together contributions from prominent, Turkish, English, French and Spanish scholars.
Turkeys Democratization Process utilizes the theoretical framework of J. J. Linz and A. C. Stepan in order to assess the complex process of democratization in Turkey. This framework takes into account five interacting features of Turkeys polity when making this assessment, namely: whether the underlying legal and socio-economic conditions are conducive for the development of a free and participant society; if a relatively autonomous political society exists; whether there are legal guarantees for citizens freedoms; if there exists a state bureaucracy which can be used by a democratic government; and whether the type and pace of Turkish economic development contributes to this process.
Examining the Turkish case in light of this framework, this book seeks to combine analyses that will help assess the process of democratization in Turkey to date and will be of interest to scholars and researchers interested in Turkish politics, democratization and Middle Eastern studies more broadly.
Carmen Rodrguez is Researcher of Contemporary Turkish Studies at Election Watch OPEMAM, Autnoma University of Madrid. Her research interests include democratization, political parties and Turkey-EU relations.
Antonio valos is Researcher at TEIM (Mediterranean International Studies Team), Autnoma University of Madrid. His work focuses on the political and military elite and secularism in Turkey.
Hakan Ylmaz is Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Boazii University, Istanbul. His research interests include political ideologies and political culture in post-World War II Turkey; culture and identity dimensions of EU-Turkey relations; and external-internal linkages in the process of democratization.
Ana I. Planet is Professor at the Arab and Islamic Studies Department and Director of TEIM (Mediterranean International Studies Team) at Autnoma University of Madrid. Her research interests include Moroccan migration to Spain and political debates regarding Islam in Europe.
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