Defeating Authoritarian State Structures in Semi-Democratic Countries: Lessons from Turkey's Justice and Development Party

Political success in semi-democratic countries has two aspects: shifting the balance of power in one’s favor and maintaining it. This thesis seeks to examine how the AKP has succeeded in shifting the balance of power in its favor while its predecessor the Welfare Party did not. Focusing on electoral...

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Main Author: Saglam, Gulcan
Format: Others
Published: Digital Archive @ GSU 2012
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Online Access:http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/political_science_theses/46
http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1052&context=political_science_theses