[Bilimsel Haber] New Book: Secularism and Muslim Democracy in Turkey (M. Hakan Yavuz)

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Secularism and Muslim Democracy in Turkey
Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies
M. Hakan Yavuz
University of Utah
Paperback
(ISBN-13: 9780521717328)


a.. Also available in Hardback
Not yet published - available from October 2008
(Stock level updated: 08:11 GMT, 08 May 2008)
c. £17.99


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.
. 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
Contents
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.



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M. Hakan Yavuz
Department of Political Science
The University of Utah 

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