Browsing by Keywords "Authoritarianism"
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Medicalization discourse and modernity: contested meanings over childbirth in contemporary Turkey
(Taylor & Francis Inc., 2010)In this article, we explore the increasing medicalization of birth and the surge in Caesarean sections in order to examine how this phenomenon relates to the dominant modernization discourse on women's lives in contemporary ... -
Rising competitive authoritarianism in Turkey
(Routledge, 2016)Since the Justice and Development Party (AKP) came to power in 2002 Turkey has undergone double regime transitions. First, tutelary democracy ended; second, a competitive authoritarian regime has risen in its stead. We ... -
A small yes for presidentialism: the Turkish constitutional referendum of April 2017
(Routledge, 2017)Following four elections in three years, on 16 April 2017 Turkish voters once again went to the polls - this time under the emergency law established after the failed coup attempt of July 2016 - to vote on constitutional ...