Education, Media and Civil Society: The Building of an Islamic Cultural Hegemony in Turkey
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The Turkish economy is in freefall with rising inflation, unemployment, poverty and income inequality. Yet, the incumbent Justice and Development Party (JDP) continues to get the support of roughly one-third of the voters according to the latest surveys. Although this is a long way from the peak of the party when it was getting half the overall votes a decade ago, it is nevertheless a significant proportion of the voter base. What explains such a vote? More generally, why do people vote against their own material interests? Looking at the JDP’s twenty-year incumbency, it can be argued that the JDP created party identification amongst a particular set of Turkish voters by utilising religious institutions, the education system, the media and civil society to construct its cultural hegemony.
Keywords: Turkey; Islamic political parties; competitive authoritarianism; democratisation; religion and politics
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Dati bibliografici
The International Spectator, Vol. 58, No. 1, March 2023, p. 146-161 -
Numero
58/1 -
ISBN/ISSN/DOI:
10.1080/03932729.2022.2140504