Turkish Voters and Losers’ Consent 1

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ID12697232
AuthorsRichard Rose (0000-0002-6603-1067, University of Aberdeen, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume9
Issue2
Pages363-378
Publication date2008-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTurkish Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1468-3849 • E-ISSN: 1743-9663
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14683840802012116
OpenAlexW2078907817
LanguageEN
Citations received5

This paper tests four hypotheses of “losers’ consent”—that is, the extent to which evaluations of democratic governance are shared by citizens who voted for the Justice and Development Party (AKP), the winner at the 2007 Turkish elections, and those who voted for the opposition parties, the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the Nationalist Action Party (MHP). It uses survey data about governance evaluations from the 2007 Turkish Election Study. The evidence rejects the idea that losers withhold consent, creating polarized pluralism. It gives some support to a winner’s effect. It finds a substantial degree of similarity in views of governance across party lines. Differences between voters for the two losing parties are sometimes greater than differences with the AKP. Regardless of dissatisfaction with some features of governance, there is an overwhelming consensus rejecting a change of regime to military or Shari’a rule

Corporate governance · Democracy · Economics · Good governance · Opposition (politics · Pluralism (philosophy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Survey data collection · Turkish · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Religion and Society Interactions · Turkey's Politics and Society

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