CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2024
| Author | Eren, Alp Can |
|---|---|
| Title | Cooperative Autocrats: An Account of Authoritarian Pre-Electoral Alliances and Power Sharing Through the People's Alliance in Turkiye |
| Summary | Pre-electoral alliances in authoritarian regimes are not uncommon yet fairly under-researched by political scientists. This thesis seeks to rectify this gap in the literature by providing readers with a qualitative and descriptive account of the People’s Alliance, the pre-electoral and legislative coalition that has been governing Türkiye since 2018. By utilizing a diverse array of news articles, party manifestos, alliance protocols, and statements by politicians, the present thesis aims to show what preceded the formation of the People’s Alliance and the different ways in which the alliance’s constituent parties have cooperated with one another. Two important antecedents to the formation of the People’s Alliance that are identified in this thesis are ideological confluence and formative cooperation. Additionally, the findings of this thesis indicate that parties within authoritarian pre-electoral alliances often do not cooperate because of concerns about party prestige and independence. |
| Supervisor | Enyedi, Zsolt |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2024/eren_alp.pdf |
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