Party politics and social cleavages in Turkey

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Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Tables Table 3.1 Votes For Major Parties By Region, 1950, 1954,And 1957 (Percentages) Table 3.2 Votes For Major Parties By Region, 1961, 1965, And 1969 (Percentages) Table 4.1 Vote And Seat Shares For Parties, 1950, 1954, And 1957 Table 4.2 Vote And Seat Shares For Parties, 1961–1977 Table 4.3 Vote And Seat Shares For Parties, 1983–1999 Table 4.4 Vote And Seat Shares For Parties, 2002–2011 Table 4.5 Volatility In The Party System, 1961–2011 Table 4.6 Total Vote Shares Of The Left And Right Parties,1950–2011 Table 5.1 Disproportionality In The Party System, 1950–2011 Acronyms Andabbreviations Chapter 1- The Party System And Social Cleavages In Turkey Social Cleavages And Party Systems Lipset And Rokkan’S Model On Cleavage Structures And Party Systems Notes Chapter 2- The Historical Roots Of Theturkish Party System The Rise Of Local Notables And The Nineteenth-Century Reforms The First And Second Constitutional Periods The Period Of National Liberation, 1920–1923 The Cleavage Within The Revolutionary Cadres And The Emergence Of A Single-Party System The Single-Party Era Notes Chapter 3- The Impact Of Social Cleavages From The Center-Periphery Cleavage To Afunctional Cleavage A Period Of Transition, 1983–2001 The Renewed Saliency Of The Center-Periphery Cleavage Notes Chapter 4- The Three Maladies: Fragmentation, Volatility, And Polarization Fragmentation Volatility Polarization Changes And Continuities In The Party System The Trend Toward A Predominant Party System Notes Chapter 5- The Electoral System And The Party System Electoral Systems In Turkey The Disproportionality Of Electoral Systems The Choice Of An Electoral System Notes Chapter 6- Current Debates On Electoral Reform Political Parties’ Positions On The Electoral System Individual Proposals For Electoral Reform Public Opinion And Issues Of Electoral Reform Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index About The Book