Author : Fikret Adaman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351939467
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)
Book Synopsis Environmentalism in Turkey by : Fikret Adaman
Download or read book Environmentalism in Turkey written by Fikret Adaman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-12-05 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together a mixture of theoretical discussion, political analyses and illustrative case studies, this volume provides the first comprehensive scholarly analysis of the tension between environmental protection and economic development in Turkey. Through its dual focus on democratization and modernization, this book also makes an important contribution to the literature on politics in contemporary Turkey. It identifies and analyses the forces underwriting the growth of environmental social movements, investigates the impacts these movements have on development and modernization, and above all, evaluates the role played by environmental movements in the democratization process of Turkey.