The University in the Making of Authoritarian Turkey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2631499 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ayça Alemdaroğlu (Stanford University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 34 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European journal of Turkish studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1773-0546 • E-ISSN: 1773-0546 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/ejts.8114 |
| OpenAlex | W4383960951 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 26 |
Increasing access to higher education is often perceived as a threat to authoritarian regimes because, as liberal theory suggests, universities would cultivate critical citizenry and oppositional politics. However, Turkey, under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, contradicts this assumption and necessitates a rethinking of the relationship between the university and democracy. Although university-educated sections of society are generally more embracive of democratic values, universities have also played an important role in nationalist indoctrination, elite reproduction, and class inequality. Moreover, emerging evidence indicates the role of universities in authoritarian regimes. This paper focuses on the double processes of the remarkable growth of access to universities associated with democratization in liberal theory and the simultaneous intensification and consolidation of authoritarian rule in Turkey. It argues that the changes in higher education have not only been a reflection of Erdoğan’s autocratic rule but also serve as one of its building blocks. Universities fulfill this function by extending political patronage to new clientele and fortifying control and coercion among students and academics, who have historically been central to democratic politics in the country
Authoritarianism · Autocracy · Democracy · Democratization · Elite · Ideology · Indoctrination · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Turkey's Politics and Society
From Classroom to Boardroom
Decoloniality in Turkish higher education
Mechanisms of privilege
Gourisse Benjamin, ErdinÇ Işıl (dir.), La domination politique en Turquie
Quo Vadis? Academic Autonomy and Freedom
Academic state of anomie in gender studies
In Pursuit of Post-Kemalism
À la poursuite du post-kémalisme
Neoliberal Transformation of Education in Turkey
Creating a Class
Powerful Patriots
Academic Capitalism
Universities in the Marketplace
Democracy in Education
From Education to Democracy?
Academic Capitalism and the New Economy
Dialectics of Reform and Repression
The University in Ruins
Authoritarianism and academic freedom in neoliberal Turkey
Rising competitive authoritarianism in Turkey
Determinants of Democracy
Les étudiants et leurs études
The political economy of Russian higher education
Authoritarian consolidation dynamics in Turkey
Why does democracy need education
The autonomous power of the state
Some Social Requisites of Democracy
Development and Democracy
Educated acquiescence
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |