Party Politics and Social Cleavages in Turkey / / Ergun Özbudun.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Özbudun, Ergun,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (155 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables --; Acronyms and Abbreviations --; 1 The Party System and Social Cleavages in Turkey --; 2 The Historical Roots of the Turkish Party System --; 3 The Impact of Social Cleavages --; 4 The Three Maladies: Fragmentation, Volatility, and Polarization --; 5 The Electoral System and the Party System --; 6 Current Debates on Electoral Reform --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781626374065; 9783110784251
• DOI: 10.1515/9781626374065
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ergun Özbudun.

Despite radical changes in Turkish politics since the transition to a multiparty system in the mid-1940s, the center-right parties have consistently won an electoral majority. Why? How have they managed to maintain such a firm hold in the face of social cleavages that pit modernizing, secularist state elites against a conservative and pious majority? Ergun Özbudun uses the lens of Turkey's party and electoral systems to enhance our understanding of the country's polarized politics.