Party politics and social cleavages in Turkey

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Tables
	Table 3.1 Votes For Major Parties By Region, 1950, 1954,And 1957 (Percentages)
	Table 3.2 Votes For Major Parties By Region, 1961, 1965, And 1969 (Percentages)
	Table 4.1 Vote And Seat Shares For Parties, 1950, 1954, And 1957
	Table 4.2 Vote And Seat Shares For Parties, 1961–1977
	Table 4.3 Vote And Seat Shares For Parties, 1983–1999
	Table 4.4 Vote And Seat Shares For Parties, 2002–2011
	Table 4.5 Volatility In The Party System, 1961–2011
	Table 4.6 Total Vote Shares Of The Left And Right Parties,1950–2011
	Table 5.1 Disproportionality In The Party System, 1950–2011
Acronyms Andabbreviations
Chapter 1- The Party System And Social Cleavages In Turkey
	Social Cleavages And Party Systems
	Lipset And Rokkan’S Model On Cleavage Structures And Party Systems
	Notes
Chapter 2- The Historical Roots Of Theturkish Party System
	The Rise Of Local Notables And The Nineteenth-Century Reforms
	The First And Second Constitutional Periods
	The Period Of National Liberation, 1920–1923
	The Cleavage Within The Revolutionary Cadres And The Emergence Of A Single-Party System
	The Single-Party Era
	Notes
Chapter 3- The Impact Of Social Cleavages
	From The Center-Periphery Cleavage To Afunctional Cleavage
	A Period Of Transition, 1983–2001
	The Renewed Saliency Of The Center-Periphery Cleavage
	Notes
Chapter 4- The Three Maladies: Fragmentation, Volatility, And Polarization
	Fragmentation
	Volatility
	Polarization
	Changes And Continuities In The Party System
	The Trend Toward A Predominant Party System
	Notes
Chapter 5- The Electoral System And The Party System
	Electoral Systems In Turkey
	The Disproportionality Of Electoral Systems
	The Choice Of An Electoral System
	Notes
Chapter 6- Current Debates On Electoral Reform
	Political Parties’ Positions On The Electoral System
	Individual Proposals For Electoral Reform
	Public Opinion And Issues Of Electoral Reform
	Conclusion
	Notes
Bibliography
Index
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