Political Parties and the Production of Islam-Secularism Cleavage in Turkey
This study demonstrates how profoundly Turkey's main social clevage -Islam versus Secularism - is produced and reproduced by political parties in their attempts to form coherent sociopolitical bloc as a basis of mass support. The main purpose is to challenge the paradigm which understands socia...
| Published in: | Approaching religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
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[2014]
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| In: |
Approaching religion
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| Further subjects: | B
Politics and Islam
B Politics and religion B Turkey B Islam B Secularism |
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| Summary: | This study demonstrates how profoundly Turkey's main social clevage -Islam versus Secularism - is produced and reproduced by political parties in their attempts to form coherent sociopolitical bloc as a basis of mass support. The main purpose is to challenge the paradigm which understands social cleavages to be part of a ‘social structure’ that exists prior to political articulations. According to this standard perspective, social cleavages create the demand for political parties. |
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| ISSN: | 1799-3121 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Approaching religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.30664/ar.67555 |