| Contemporary Turkey in Conflict: Ethnicity, Islam and Politics Contributor(s): Abbas, Tahir (Author) |
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ISBN: 147441799X ISBN-13: 9781474417990 Publisher: Edinburgh University Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - Middle Eastern - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Religion | Religion, Politics & State |
| Dewey: 320.956 |
| LCCN: 2017288284 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (0.90 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Turkey - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: New perspectives on ethnic relations, Islam and neoliberalism have emerged in Turkey since the rise of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in 2002. Placing the period within its historical and contemporary context, Tahir Abbas argues that what it is to be ethnically, religiously and culturally Turkish has been transformed. He explores how issues of political trust, social capital and intolerance towards minorities have characterised Turkey in the early years of the 21st-century. He shows how a radical neoliberal economic and conservative outlook has materialised, leading to a clash over the religious, political and cultural direction of Turkey. These conflicts are defining the future of the nation. |