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" Militarism, Democracy, and Concordance: The Role of Citizenry in (Re)-Establishing Democratic Order in Argentina and Turkey "
Çatalbaş, Adem Üstün

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1054391
Doc. No	:	TL53508
Main Entry	:	Çatalbaş, Adem Üstün
Title & Author	:	Militarism, Democracy, and Concordance: The Role of Citizenry in (Re)-Establishing Democratic Order in Argentina and Turkey\ Çatalbaş, Adem Üstün
College	:	University of Cincinnati
Date	:	2020
Degree	:	Ph.D.
student score	:	2020
Note	:	264 p.
Abstract	:	The role of the citizenry is often neglected in the literature about democratization but there is a growing scholarly attention—across the globe—to the role of the citizenry in democratic development. This dissertation focuses on the democratic development in Argentinean and Turkish contexts with a specific emphasis on the role of citizenry in each case. Argentina and Turkey are two different social contexts—historically, regionally, culturally, etc. Yet, their political progress and civil-military relations show similarities. National militaries in each country have interrupted democratic order several times. This study examines the democratization efforts in each country after military rule. The research question—'what defines the quality of a democracy during and after the period of transition of power from a military rule to a democratic one?’—is designed to comprehend both militarization and democratization contexts from a comparative historical sociological perspective. The comparative historical sociological methodology of the study not only focuses on comparing two countries but also considers the comparison of past and present transformations of civil-military relations and democratic order in each country. The study concludes that the quality of a democracy depends on how successful three actors—namely citizenry, military, and political elites—are in establishing concordance on the quality of the democratic regime.
Descriptor	:	Political science
	:	Sociology
Added Entry	:	University of Cincinnati