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<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>Secularism and Muslim Democracy in
Turkey<BR>Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies<BR>M. Hakan Yavuz<BR>University
of Utah<BR>Paperback<BR>(ISBN-13: 9780521717328)<BR></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>a.. Also available in Hardback<BR>Not yet
published - available from October 2008<BR>(Stock level updated: 08:11 GMT, 08
May 2008)<BR>c. £17.99<BR></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Garamond size=4>In 2002 the Islamist Justice and Development Party
(AKP) swept to power in Turkey. Since then it has shied away from a hard-line
ideological stance in favour of a more conservative and democratic approach. M.
Hakan Yavuz negotiates this ambivalence asking whether it is possible for a
political party with a deeply religious ideology to liberalise and entertain
democracy or whether, as he contends, radical religious groups moderate their
practices and ideologies when forced to negotiate a competitive and rule-based
political system. The author explores the thesis through an analysis of the rise
and evolution of the AKP and its more recent 2007 election victory. The book,
which tackles a number of important issues including political participation,
economics and internal security, provides a masterful survey of modern Turkish
and Islamic politics, which will be of interest to a broad range of readers from
students to professionals and policymakers.<BR>• A masterful survey of Turkish
politics under the AKP which includes analysis of Turkish economy, security and
the Kurdish question • The book uses the Turkish case to demonstrate how
Islamist parties with radical agendas can and do democratise once part of the
political mainstream • Will be of interest to a broad range of readers from
students to professionals and policy-makers<BR>Contents<BR>Introduction: what is
an Islamic and non-Islamic party?; 1. The socio-political context; 2. Political
origins of the AKP; 3. Ideology, organization and parliamentary group of the
AKP; 4. The two queen bees: Erdoğan and Gül; 5. Modes of secularism; 6. The AKP
and the Kurdish question; 7. Foreign policy - EU/Cyprus and USA/Iraq; 8. The
crisis and the 2007
elections.<BR><BR><BR><BR>--------------------------------------<BR>M. Hakan
Yavuz<BR>Department of Political Science<BR>The University of Utah
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