Date of Award
5-31-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Political Science, MA
First Advisor
Rollin Tusalem
Committee Members
Cameron Wimpy; William McLean
Call Number
LD 251 .A566t 2021 A28
Abstract
The widespread experience of democratic decline in both established democracies and hybrid regimes formed one of the main branches of the study of comparative democratization in the last decade. This study is a step in the direction of uncovering the factors associated with a possible wider framework that drives democratic decline. The specific question of interest relates to the determinants of support for non-democratic policies at the electorate level. The design is a single-country study focusing on Turkey which has experienced significant autocratization. Nationally representative survey data from Turkey is utilized to investigate the forces at work and there is evidence of an interaction between the supply and demand of authoritarianism which helps shape the regime parameters. The findings suggest that there are structural factors behind the rise of authoritarian values and that we need to have a longer temporal frame of reference to understand the contemporary rise of authoritarianism.
Rights Management
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Abus, Murat, "Authoritarian Values and Political identities in Turkey" (2021). Student Theses and Dissertations. 352.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/352
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