Kemalism in Turkish politics : the Republican People's Party, secularism and nationalism
Title:
Kemalism in Turkish politics : the Republican People's Party, secularism and nationalism
Author:
Ciddi, Sinan, author.
ISBN:
9780415475044
9780203884744
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Physical Description:
xi, 196 pages ; 24 cm.
Series:
Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ; 10
Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ; 10.
Contents:
Introduction: social democracy, Kemalism and the Republican People's Party -- Kemalism and the left -- Mainstream left politics: 'democratic left' ideology and the CHP -- Appraising centre-left politics 1961-1980 -- The 12 September coup d'âetat and its aftermath: the displacement of centre left politics? -- Accounting for the weakness of the centre-left in the 1990s: ideological considerations -- A crisis of Kemalist modernity? -- Three cases: the Alevis, trade unions and the urban vote -- Revisionism: an anathema for the Turkish centre-left and the principle of 'ideological adaptability' -- Conclusion: the CHP: the continued projection of centrist politics?
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Electronic Access:
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0821/2008027376.html