The importance of Turkey rests on its special strategic position and, increasingly, on its growing economic power. Although Turkey has begun to play its part in the arena of European affairs, its national and local institutions and issues are little understood. Turkey's recent history has appeared to fluctuate between tentative democracy and martial rule dependent upon the balance of power within the military and bureaucracy. "Turkish State and Turkish Society" examines the causes and effects of the tension between Turkey's formal constitution and the actual way power is exercised in society. Approaching the concept of power from perspectives as diverse as that of Kurdish tribesmen, urban feminists, soldiers, and national and local administrators, the book provides an expansive picture of Turkish society.
| ISBN | 0415046858 | | DEWEY edition | DC20 | | ISBN13 | 9780415046855
(What's this?) | | Pages | 336 | | Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd | | Co_publisher | Centre for Near and Middle Eastern Studies | | Imprint | Routledge | | Weight (grammes) | 440 | | Format | Hardback | | Published in | London | | Publication date | 05 Jul 1990 | | Height (mm) | 216 | | Library of Congress | DR432 | | Width (mm) | 138 | | DEWEY | 956.1038 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly |
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State, village and gender in Western Turkey, Nuhet Sirman; the Turkish Army in politics, William Hale; the grey wolves as metaphor, Ayse Neviye Caglar; politics and procedure in the 1987 Turkish general election, Andrew Finkel and William Hale; the place of parliament in Turkey, Bulent Tanor; class and clientelism in the Republican People's Party, Ayse Gunes-Ayata; municipal politics and the state in contemporary Turkey, Andrew Finkel; the politics of Turkish development strategies, Atila Eralp; women in the changing political associations of the 1980s, Sirin Tekeli; Kurdish tribal organization and local political processes, Lle Yalcin-Heckmann.
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