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...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[2014]
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Approaching religion
Year: 2014, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 113-124 |
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 |