Turkish Politics In A Changing World — E Fuat Keyman Ziya Öniş

Much of the serious and scholarly contributions to the study of Turkish politics have tended to focus more on domestic pressures and actors as the fundamental driving forces in Turkish politics There is much to learn from these studies concerning Turkish politics and its underlying dynamics Yet at the same time there is a need to re think Turkish politics at a time when global and regional influences assume increasing importance making it progressively more difficult to separate domestic politics from international politics and internal from external actors At a time when outside becomes inside a major effort needs to be made to analyze Turkish politics both theoretically and historically by paying attention to the interplay of global dynamics and domestic transformations This way of approaching Turkish politics also enables us to go beyond binary oppositions and providing an understanding of Turkish politics that explicitly takes into account the interactions of the global regional national and local forces and processes In Turkish Politics in a Changing World Keyman and Öniş provide a historical sociological and political economic analysis of Turkish politics by methodologically locating the governing of Turkey at the intersection of global regional national local interactions Their analysis of Turkish politics exceptional for its analytical and methodological richness and explanatory power makes a significant contribution in advancing our understanding of contemporary Turkey