Islamist Mobilization in Turkey: A Study in Vernacular Politics

by Jenny B. White

Book Overview

Winner of the William A. Douglass Prize in Europeanist Anthropology

The emergence of an Islamist movement and the startling buoyancy of Islamic political parties in Turkey--a model of secular modernization, a cosmopolitan frontier, and NATO ally--has puzzled Western observers. As the appeal of the Islamist Welfare Party spread through Turkish society, including the middle class, in the 1990s, the party won numerous local elections and became...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295982918
• ISBN13: 9780295982915
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher