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Ethnicity and elections in Turkey: party politics and the mobilization of swing voters

Gül Arikan Akdağ
Resource Type:
E-Book
Publication:
London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015
Related Series:
Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics; [volume] 68
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Summary:
"Ethnicity and Elections in Turkey attempts to understand the mobilization strategies of incumbent parties to consolidate and increase their support among swing voters of an ethnic group. By analyzing the strategy of AKP on voters of Kurdish origin, it investigates the conditions under which it can mobilize them through the clientelistic network and its effectiveness in increasing support for the party.
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Identifying the nature of the competition in electoral terms
  • 2. Theory: Evaluating AKP's electoral support among voters of Kurdish origin
  • 3. Research design and selection of the cases
  • 4. main district level organs responsible for the mobilization of the voters
  • 5. Defining the mobilization strategy at the district level
  • 6. neighborhood organization and the effective mobilization of non-Kurdish and Kurdish voters
  • 7. Divergence in the effectiveness of the mobilization strategies
  • 8. Explaining divergence in the strength of the party organization and incorporation of co-ethnics.
Author/Creator:
Akdağ, Gül Arikan
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Main Work:
Ethnicity and elections in Turkey: party politics and the mobilization of swing voters [by Akdağ, G.A.]
Related Series:
Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics; [volume] 68
Subjects:
AK Parti (Turkey)
Political participation — Turkey
Political parties — Turkey
Voting research — Turkey
Kurds — Turkey — Politics and government
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Call Numbers:
JQ1809.A15 A43 2015
ISBNs:
9781317683995 (electronic bk.)
1317683994 (electronic bk.)
9781138774841 (hardback) [Invalid]
1138774847 (hardback) [Invalid]
1317683978 [Invalid]
9781317683971 [Invalid]
1317683986 [Invalid]
9781317683988 [Invalid]
Other Standard Numbers:
[Unknown Type]: 40024137268
OCLC Numbers:
900885477
Other Control Numbers:
846634 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp12075922