Party discipline problem in the Social Democratic Populist Party
Author
Cancı, Haldun
Advisor
Heper, Metin
Date
1992Publisher
Bilkent University
Language
English
Type
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Abstract
The performance of a political party mainly depends on
its party organization, ideology and electoral support. In
this connection, party discipline can be counted as an
independent variable of party performance. However, party
discipline may be affected by various factors, such as party
structure, political culture, governmental structure.
This study examines the anti-disciplinary behaviors and
attitudes in the SDPP in 1988-1992 period by giving emphasis
to the party structure.
In the light of the content analysis of the party
discipline cases in the SDPP as appeared in Turkish daily
press between 1988-1992, we can classify main sources of
violations of party discipline as follows:
(a) The leadership struggle;
(b) The ideological/factional differentiations;
(c) The Kurdish problem.