Exit from Democracy
Democratic government is facing unprecedented challenges at a global scale. Yet, Turkeys descent into conflict, crisis and autocracy is exceptional. Only a few years ago, the country was praised as a successful Muslim-majority democracy and a promising example of sustainable growth. In Exit from Democracy, the contributors argue that President Recep Tayyip Erdog?an and the Justice and Development Party government have now effectively abandoned the realm of democratic politics by attempting regime change with the aim to install a hyper-presidentialist system. Examining how this power grab comes at the tail end of more than a decade of seemingly democratic politics, the contributors also explore the mechanisms of de-democratization through two distinctive, but interrelated angles: A set of comparative analyses explores illiberal forms of governance in Turkey, Russia, Southeast Europe and Latin America. In-depth studies analyse how Turkeys society has been reshaped in the image of a patriarchal habitus and how consent has been fabricated through religious, educational, ethnic and civil society policies. Despite this comprehensive authoritarian shift, the result is not authoritarian consolidation, but a deeply divided and contested polity. Analysing an early example of democratic decline and authoritarian politics, this volume is relevant well beyond the confines of regional studies. Turkey exemplifies the larger forces of de-democratization at play globally. Exit from Democracy provides the reader with generalizable insights into these transformative processes.
This book was originally published as a special issue of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies.
Kerem ktem is Professor of Southeast European Studies and Modern Turkey at the Centre for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz, Austria.
Karabekir Akkoyunlu is Assistant Professor of Modern Turkey at the Centre for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz, Austria.
Exit from Democracy
Illiberal Governance in Turkey and Beyond
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Kerem ktem and Karabekir Akkoyunlu
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Contents
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The chapters in this book were originally published in Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 16, issue 4 (December 2016). When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows:
Introductory Essay
Exit from democracy: illiberal governance in Turkey and beyond
Kerem ktem and Karabekir Akkoyunlu
Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 16, issue 4 (December 2016),
pp. 469480
Chapter 1
Understanding Turkeys democratic breakdown: old vs. new and indigenous vs. global authoritarianism
Murat Somer
Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 16, issue 4 (December 2016),
pp. 481504
Chapter 2
Existential insecurity and the making of a weak authoritarian regime in Turkey
Karabekir Akkoyunlu and Kerem ktem
Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 16, issue 4 (December 2016),
pp. 505528
Chapter 3
Decoding the authoritarian code: exercising legitimate power politics through ruling parties in Turkey, Macedonia and Serbia
Cengiz Gnay and Vedran Dzihic
Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 16, issue 4 (December 2016),
pp. 529550
Chapter 4
Examining state capacity in the context of electoral authoritarianism, regime formation and consolidation in Russia and Turkey
David White and Marc Herzog
Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 16, issue 4 (December 2016),
pp. 551570
Chapter 5
Strong presidents and weak institutions: populism in Turkey, Venezuela and Ecuador
Orun Seluk
Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 16, issue 4 (December 2016),
pp. 571590
Chapter 6
Populism as the problem child of democracy: the AKPs enduring appeal and the use of meso-level actors
Bilge Yabanci
Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 16, issue 4 (December 2016),
pp. 591618
Chapter 7
Turkeys Diyanet under AKP rule: from protector to imposer of state ideology?
Ahmet Erdi ztrk
Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 16, issue 4 (December 2016),
pp. 619636
Chapter 8
Creating a pious generation: youth and education policies of the AKP in Turkey
Demet Lksl
Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 16, issue 4 (December 2016),
pp. 637650
Chapter 9
Conflict and reconciliation between Turks and Kurds: the HDP as an agonistic actor
Omer Tekdemir
Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 16, issue 4 (December 2016),
pp. 651670
Chapter 10
The ambiguities of democratic autonomy: the Kurdish movement in Turkey and Rojava
Michiel Leezenberg
Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, volume 16, issue 4 (December 2016),
pp. 671690
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