Remaking Turkey Globalization, Alternative Modernities, and Democracies |
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Editor:
| Keyman, Fuat E. |
Contribution by:
| Aras, Bülent Baban, Feyzi Borovali, Murat Cirakman, Asli Cosar, Simten Davison, Andrew Düzgit, Senem Aydin Icduygu, Ahmet Isin, Engin Kahraman, Hasan Bülent Keyman, E. Fuat Lorasdagi, Berrin Koyuncu Özman, Aylin Somer, Murat Turan, Ömer |
Series title: | Global Encounters: Studies in Comparative Political Theory Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-7391-1815-3 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2007 |
Publisher: | Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $135.00 |
Book Description:
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In recent years there has been an upsurge of interest in Turkey's ability to create a secular, constitutional democracy within a predominantly Muslim population.Remaking Turkey provides a comprehensive and detailed account of how Turkey has achieved the possiblity of modernity and democracy in a Muslim social setting, as well as the important problems and challenges confronting this achievement.
In recent years there has been an upsurge of interest in Turkey's ability to create a secular, constitutional democracy within a predominantly Muslim population.Remaking Turkey provides a comprehensive and detailed account of how Turkey has achieved the possiblity of modernity and democracy in a Muslim social setting, as well as the important problems and challenges confronting this achievement.