This study explores the ideological premises of President Erdogan and reveals the usage of political Islam, conservatism, advanced democracy and majoritarianism in the presidential speeches delivered during the period...This study explores the ideological premises of President Erdogan and reveals the usage of political Islam, conservatism, advanced democracy and majoritarianism in the presidential speeches delivered during the period of 2014-2017. Although many studies analysed the ideological premises of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) from the perspectives of the evolution of political Islam, conservatism, advanced democracy, and majoritarianism, no research has focused either on Erdogan’s presidential term or on the shifts in the usage of ideological premises over time. In this sense, this article aims to reveal the linkage among these concepts and to detect the shifts in President Erdogan’s discourse. By examining 295 presidential speeches with quantitative text analysis, this study reveals that President Erdogan shifts his focus from Islam to the institutional changes in order to enhance majoritarianism and from a defensive to an offensive approach on the international policies in the 2016 and 2017 speeches. This study contributes to the debate over the AKP’s and its leader’s ideological premises and clarifies that the concepts of conservatism and majoritarianism that have been embraced pragmatically rather than as an ideological standing, while political Islam has been ignored strategically.展开更多
The very name Myanmar brings to mind a precarious picture of human insecurity.It is the land where the world’s most persecuted minorities still struggle to survive;and,it is the theatre where the longest-ever civil w...The very name Myanmar brings to mind a precarious picture of human insecurity.It is the land where the world’s most persecuted minorities still struggle to survive;and,it is the theatre where the longest-ever civil war in the world has been staged since 1948.Murder of people,rape,violence,and,censorship of the press,etc.,are common scenes in the country.A Nobel laureate(for peace in 1991)Mrs.Aung San Suu Kyi who brought hopes to Myanmar assuring resolution of all such issues through democracy,could not do something substantial,and she is now languishing in detention.Despite international pressure and sanctions,the Military Junta(called Tatmadaw)is still in the seat of power at Nay Pyi Daw dislodging a democratically elected government led by Mrs.Kyi that won the elections held in November last year by staging a coup d’état in February 2021.However,literature in this regard(i.e.human security)is scantily comprehensive and scarcely suggestive of recourses to be taken.Against this background,this paper looks into these developments and suggests the way forward to secure the security for the insecure.This paper argues that Militarism and Majoritarian Nationalism are responsible for this state of affairs in Myanmar.展开更多
文摘This study explores the ideological premises of President Erdogan and reveals the usage of political Islam, conservatism, advanced democracy and majoritarianism in the presidential speeches delivered during the period of 2014-2017. Although many studies analysed the ideological premises of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) from the perspectives of the evolution of political Islam, conservatism, advanced democracy, and majoritarianism, no research has focused either on Erdogan’s presidential term or on the shifts in the usage of ideological premises over time. In this sense, this article aims to reveal the linkage among these concepts and to detect the shifts in President Erdogan’s discourse. By examining 295 presidential speeches with quantitative text analysis, this study reveals that President Erdogan shifts his focus from Islam to the institutional changes in order to enhance majoritarianism and from a defensive to an offensive approach on the international policies in the 2016 and 2017 speeches. This study contributes to the debate over the AKP’s and its leader’s ideological premises and clarifies that the concepts of conservatism and majoritarianism that have been embraced pragmatically rather than as an ideological standing, while political Islam has been ignored strategically.
文摘The very name Myanmar brings to mind a precarious picture of human insecurity.It is the land where the world’s most persecuted minorities still struggle to survive;and,it is the theatre where the longest-ever civil war in the world has been staged since 1948.Murder of people,rape,violence,and,censorship of the press,etc.,are common scenes in the country.A Nobel laureate(for peace in 1991)Mrs.Aung San Suu Kyi who brought hopes to Myanmar assuring resolution of all such issues through democracy,could not do something substantial,and she is now languishing in detention.Despite international pressure and sanctions,the Military Junta(called Tatmadaw)is still in the seat of power at Nay Pyi Daw dislodging a democratically elected government led by Mrs.Kyi that won the elections held in November last year by staging a coup d’état in February 2021.However,literature in this regard(i.e.human security)is scantily comprehensive and scarcely suggestive of recourses to be taken.Against this background,this paper looks into these developments and suggests the way forward to secure the security for the insecure.This paper argues that Militarism and Majoritarian Nationalism are responsible for this state of affairs in Myanmar.
