About Sammy Smooha's the Model of Ethnic Democracy Cover Image

Sammy Smooha'nın Etnik Demokrasi Modeli Üzerine
About Sammy Smooha's the Model of Ethnic Democracy

Author(s): Diren Çakmak
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Political Philosophy
Published by: Hitit Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü
Keywords: Ethnic Democracy; Citizenship; Herrenvolk Democracy; Ethnocracy; Control Regime;

Summary/Abstract: In the study, Sammy Smooha's model of ethnic democracy is analyzed. The assumptions of the model are examined, the differences of the model from the models of democracy and authoritarian regimes are specified from the point of view of Smooha and based on Smooha's classification among democratic and authoritarian regimes, the critiques toward the model and the responses of Smooha to the critiques are evaluated and whether the model is a proposal of an authoritarian regime is identified. The significance of the study is that it is the first academic research on the model of the ethnic democracy in the political science literature in Turkey.

  • Issue Year: 6/2013
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 53-84
  • Page Count: 32
  • Language: Turkish
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