Sinan Ciddi

Kemalism in Turkish Politics

The Republican People's Party, Secularism and Nationalism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is concerned with Turkey's political evolution and in particular why a social democratic alternative has never fully developed. Sinan Ciddi examines the roles of nationalism and the political establishment and the role of Kemalist ideology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9780415475044
• ISBN-10: 041547504X
• Artikelnr.: 26106382

Autorenporträt

Sinan Ciddi is currently an instructor at Sabanci University. He will be working at the University of Florida, Gainesville from Fall 2008 onwards where Turkish Studies is being established within the Center for European Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Social Democracy, Kemalism and the Republican People's Party
Part 1 1. Kemalism and the Left 2. Mainstream Left Politics: "Democratic
Left" Ideology and the CHP 3. Appraising Centre-Left Politics 1961-1980 4.
The 12 September Coup d'état and its Aftermath: The Displacement of Centre
Left Politics? Part 2 5. Accounting for the Weakness of the Centre-left in
the 1990s: Ideological Considerations 6. A Crisis of Kemalist Modernity? 7.
Three Cases: The Alevis, Trade Unions and the Urban Vote 8. Revisionism: An
Anathema for the Turkish Centre-Left and The Principle of 'Ideological
Adaptability' Conclusion: The CHP: The Continued Projection of Centrist
Politics?