Liberal thought and democracy in Turkey

Journal of Political Ideologies

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-98

  Coşar, Simten ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; LIBERALISM; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 1242276366     PISSN: 13569317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1356931032000167481     Document Type: Article

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