Social Change and Political Participation in Turkey

by Ergun Özbudun

Book Overview

Scholars have long argued that political participation tends to increase with economic and social modernization. In this study of Turkey, however, the author shows that rapid socio-economic growth has coincided with a substantial decline in turnout at the polls. His ecological analysis of subnational aggregate voting data for the sixties and the explanation of his startling findings form the core of this up-to-date and comprehensive survey of Turkey's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691616841
• ISBN13: 9780691616841
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"