Search results for ""Author Günes Murat Tezcür""
Cornell University Press Liminal Minorities
Book SynopsisLiminal Minorities addresses the question of why some religious minorities provoke the ire of majoritarian groups and become targets of organized violence, even though they lack significant power and pose no political threat. Günes Murat Tezcür argues that these faith groups are stigmatized across generations, as they lack theological recognition and social acceptance from the dominant religious group. Religious justifications of violence have a strong mobilization power when directed against liminal minorities, which makes these groups particularly vulnerable to mass violence during periods of political change.Offering the first comparative-historical study of mass atrocities against religious minorities in Muslim societies, Tezcür focuses on two case studiesthe Islamic State''s genocidal attacks against the Yezidis in northern Iraq in the 2010s and massacres of Alevis in Turkey in the 1970s and 1990swhile also addressing discrimination and violence agai
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University of Texas Press Muslim Reformers in Iran and Turkey
Book SynopsisThe first systematic study of the evolution of Islamic politics in Iran and Turkey, based on primary documents from both countries.Trade ReviewTezcür’s work is very reader-friendly, which is a rare quality for books that have ambitious conceptual frameworks. The author’s ability to weave his fieldwork interviews with statistical data is impressive. * Contemporary Islam *Table of ContentsList of Tables and FiguresList of AbbreviationsPreface and AcknowledgmentsChapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. From Islamists to Muslim Reformers: A Theory of Political ChangeChapter 3. Muslim Reformism in Comparative PerspectiveChapter 4. Muslim Reformism: Engagement with Secularism and Liberal Democracy Chapter 5. The Guardians and Elections in Iran and TurkeyChapter 6. A Moment of Enthusiasm in the Islamic RepublicChapter 7. Elusive Democratization in the Secular RepublicChapter 8. A Tale of Two ElectionsChapter 9. ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
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Oxford University Press Inc The Oxford Handbook of Turkish Politics
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of Turkish Politics includes in-depth analyses of a wide range of issues in conversation with the broader scholarly literature on authoritarianism and democratization, political economy, electoral politics, politics of identity, social movements, foreign policy, and the politics of art. With contributions by leading experts, the Handbook is an authoritative source offering state-of-the-art reviews of the scholarship on Turkishpolitics. The volume is an analytical, comprehensive, and comparative overview of contemporary politics in a country that literally and figuratively epitomizes "being at the crossroads."Table of ContentsForeword Daron Acemoglu 1. The Study of Politics in Turkey: New Horizons and Perennial Pitfalls Günes Murat Tezcür Part I: Political Regime 2. Democratization Theories and Turkey Ekrem Karakoç 3. Ruling Ideologies in Modern Turkey Kerem Öktem 4. Constitutionalism in Turkey Asli Ü. Bâli 5. Civil-Military Relations and the Demise of Turkish Democracy Nil S. Satana and Burak Bilgehan Özpek 6. Capturing Secularism in Turkey: The Ease of Comparison Murat Akan Part II: Political Economy 7. The Political Economy of Turkey since the End of World War II Sevket Pamuk 8. Neoliberal Politics in Turkey Sinan Erensü and Yahya M. Madra 9. The Politics of Welfare in Turkey Erdem Yörük 10. The Political Economy of Environmental Policymaking in Turkey: A Vicious Cycle Fikret Adaman, Bengi Akbulut, and Murat Arsel 11. The Politics of Energy in Turkey: Running Engines on Geopolitical, Discursive, and Coercive Power Begüm Özkaynak, Ethemcan Turhan, and Cem Iskender Aydin 12. The Contemporary Politics of Health in Turkey: Diverse Actors, Competing Frames, and Uneven Policies Volkan Yilmaz Part III: Leaders, Parties, and Voters 13. Populism in Turkey: Historical and Contemporary Patterns Yüksel Taskin 14. Old and New Polarizations and Failed Democratizations in Turkey Murat Somer 15. Economic Voting during the AKP Era in Turkey S. Erdem Aytaç 16. Party Organizations in Turkey and Their Consequences for Democracy Melis G. Laebens 17. The Evolution of Conventional Political Participation in Turkey Ersin Kalaycioglu Part IV: Politics of Identity 18. Symbolic Politics and Contention in the Turkish Republic Senem Aslan 19. Islamist Activism in Turkey Menderes Çinar 20. The Kurdish Movement in Turkey: Understanding Everyday Perceptions and Experiences Dilan Okcuoglu 21. The Transnational Mobilization of the Alevis of Turkey: From Invisibility to the Struggle for Equality Ceren Lord 22. Politics of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Turkey: Limits and Prospects of Populism Fatih Resul Kilinç and Sule Toktas Part V: Turkey and the World 23. A Theoretical Account of Turkish Foreign Policy under the AKP Tarik Oguzlu 24. US-Turkey Relations since WWII: From Alliance to Transactionalism Serhat Güvenç and Soli Özel 25. Turkey and Europe: Historical Asynchronicities and Perceptual Asymmetries Hakan Yilmaz 26. Turkey's Foreign Policy in the Middle East: An Identity Perspective Lisel Hintz 27. Turkey and Russia: Historical Patterns and Contemporary Trends in Bilateral Relations Evren Balta and Mitat Çelikpala Part VI: Civil Society and Activism 28. Citizenship and Protest Behavior in Turkey Ayhan Kaya 29. Gender Politics and the Struggle for Equality in Turkey Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat 30. Human Rights Organizations in Turkey Basak Çali 31. Truth, Justice, and Commemoration Initiatives in Turkey Onur Bakiner 32. The Politics of Media in Turkey: Chronicle of a Stillborn Media System Sarphan Uzunoglu Part VII: Politics of Art 33. The AKP's Rhetoric of Rule in Turkey: Political Melodramas of Conspiracy from "Ergenekon" to "Mastermind" Erdag Göknar 34. The Transformation of Political Cinema in Turkey since the 1960s: A Change of Discourse Zeynep Çetin-Erus and M. Elif Demoglu 35. Political Music in Turkey: The Birth and Diversification of Dissident and Conformist Music (1920-2000) Mustafa Avci
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