Universität zu Köln

Arslantas, Düzgün (2019). Clientelism and Dominance: Evidence from Turkey. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.

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Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to develop a number of theoretical ideas about the emergence of the predominant party system in Turkey under the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government from 2002 to 2015. A predominant party system emerges when a party wins at least three elections in a row by more than a 10 percent margin and forms the government alone. I argue that the expansion of clientelist networks under the AKP government has twofold ramifications, which in turn have reproduced the cycle of dominance. First, it strengthened voters’ partisan identification. Second, it changed voters’ ideology such that they became less resistant to or even supportive of neoliberal reforms. The conclusions are based on fieldwork in one of the poorest and most densely populated districts of Istanbul, Bağcılar.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD thesis)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Arslantas, Düzgün duzgunar@gmail.com UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-100050
Date:	23 September 2019
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Management, Economy and Social Sciences
Divisions:	Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Political Science > Department of Political Science
Subjects:	Social sciences Political science
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language clientelism English dominance English AKP English
Date of oral exam:	9 September 2019
Referee:	Name Academic Title Kaiser, André Prof. Dr. Conermann, Stephan Prof. Dr.
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/10005