A leading Turkish political scientist enhances understanding of the interactions of liberal democracy with longstanding cultural cleavages along secular-religious lines, ethnicity, and social class. This chronological narrative focuses on how the process of urbanization and industrialization has led to social mobilization and population movements.

Autorentext
ERSIN KALAYCIOGLU is Professor of political science at Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Inhalt
The Cultural Revolution and the Republican System Peace at Home, Peace Abroad Democracy at Work and at Risk (1945-1960) The Second Republic (1961-1980) The Third Republic (1983- ) Conclusion: Prospects and Perils