Weiker, Walter F.
Published by Leiden, Brill, 1973
Hardcover in fair condition. Worn, torn, and toned DJ. Spotting to page ends.
From the Introduction: “‘Is it possible,’ asks Maurice Duverger, ‘to generalize and to hold that the single party might serve as a temporary guardian, making it possible for the fragile plant of democracy to grow in soil that is not prepared for its reception?’ Though careful not to generalize from a single case, he ventures the opinion that ‘The example of Turkey seems to demonstrate that the technique of the single party, applied with discernment, makes it possible gradually to build up a new ruling class and the independent political elite which alone make it possible to establish at some date an authentic democracy.’
Turkey, one of the first nations to undertake rapid political , economic and social modernization in the twentieth century , also undertook what is perhaps the most difficult transformation of all, the conversion of a traditional society into not only a “modern" but also a democratic one. This study will examine some important aspects of Turkish development in the years 1930-46 , and seek to assess their contribution to the successful ‘transition to multi-party politics’ which Turkey made in the latter year.”
Weiker, Walter F.
Published by Leiden, Brill, 1973
Hardcover in fair condition. Worn, torn, and toned DJ. Spotting to page ends.
From the Introduction: “‘Is it possible,’ asks Maurice Duverger, ‘to generalize and to hold that the single party might serve as a temporary guardian, making it possible for the fragile plant of democracy to grow in soil that is not prepared for its reception?’ Though careful not to generalize from a single case, he ventures the opinion that ‘The example of Turkey seems to demonstrate that the technique of the single party, applied with discernment, makes it possible gradually to build up a new ruling class and the independent political elite which alone make it possible to establish at some date an authentic democracy.’
Turkey, one of the first nations to undertake rapid political , economic and social modernization in the twentieth century , also undertook what is perhaps the most difficult transformation of all, the conversion of a traditional society into not only a “modern" but also a democratic one. This study will examine some important aspects of Turkish development in the years 1930-46 , and seek to assess their contribution to the successful ‘transition to multi-party politics’ which Turkey made in the latter year.”
