Liberalism: the missing piece in Turkey’s political development

IF 1.2 3区社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES

Turkish Studies Pub Date : 2023-05-15 DOI:10.1080/14683849.2023.2213829

Paul Kubicek

引用次数: 0

Abstract

ABSTRACT Prominent themes in Turkey’s political development are modernization and Westernization, notions that carry with them a particular teleology in terms of expected political outcomes. While Turkey has, over several decades, modernized in several respects, Westernization has arguably been much more limited, particularly in terms of embracing political liberalism. This paper scrutinizes its failure to take root in Turkey, noting how a congruence of factors at both the mass and elite levels tends to work against policies that would embrace individual rights and freedoms, pluralism, and a more limited role for the state. It focuses in particular on three periods in Turkish history when liberalism could have potentially been adopted, but ultimately failed to succeed.

查看原文本刊更多论文

自由主义:土耳其政治发展中缺失的一块

土耳其政治发展的突出主题是现代化和西方化，这些概念在预期的政治结果方面带有特定的目的论。虽然土耳其在过去几十年里在几个方面实现了现代化，但西方化可以说是非常有限的，特别是在接受政治自由主义方面。本文详细分析了其在土耳其扎根的失败，指出了大众和精英阶层的因素是如何一致的，这些因素往往不利于那些支持个人权利和自由、多元化以及国家角色更有限的政策。它特别关注土耳其历史上的三个时期，在这些时期自由主义可能被采纳，但最终未能成功。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Turkish Studies AREA STUDIES-

CiteScore

2.80

自引率

7.70%

发文量

期刊介绍： Turkey is a country whose importance is rapidly growing in international affairs. A rapidly developing democratic state with a strong economy, complex society, active party system, and powerful armed forces, Turkey is playing an increasingly critical role in Europe, the Middle East, and the Caucasus. Given Turkey"s significance and the great interest in studying its history, politics, and foreign policy, Turkish Studies presents a forum for scholarly discussion on these topics and more.