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Do Popular Assemblies Contribute to Genuine Political Change? Lessons from the Park Forums in Istanbul

Emel Akcali Orcid Logo

South European Society and Politics, Pages: 1 - 18

Swansea University Author: Emel Akcali Orcid Logo

DOI (Published version): 10.1080/13608746.2018.1437007

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By engaging with the ‘Gezi/June’ Uprising in Turkey and the popularassemblies formed in its aftermath, this article foregrounds the notionof agonistic pluralism as advanced by William E. Connolly and ChantalMouffe for understanding the emerging forms of direct democracyand their outcomes in Turkey....

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Published: 2018
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