Ethnicity and elections in Turkey : party politics and the mobilization of swing voters /
Akdağ, Gül Arikan,author.
"Ethnicity and Elections in Turkey attempts to understand the mobilization strategies of incumbent parties to consolidate and increase their support among swing voters of an ethnic group. By analyzing the strategy of AKP on voters of Kurdish origin, it investigates the conditions under which it can mobilize them through the clientelistic network and its effectiveness in increasing support for the party.
Actually published in Abingdon, Oxon.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Ethnicity and Elections in Turkey attempts to understand the mobilization strategies of incumbent parties to consolidate and increase their support among swing voters of an ethnic group. By analyzing the strategy of AKP on voters of Kurdish origin, it investigates the conditions under which it can mobilize them through the clientelistic network and its effectiveness in increasing support for the party.
AK Parti (Turkey)
Political participation
Political parties
Voting research
Kurds