“This is an excellent book that presents a new, refreshing perspective to understand a political-governmental dynamic that has lately been at the center of discussions regarding the AKP rule in Turkey. With firm historical grounding and careful, sound data analysis, Yörük displays the roots and the actual component of clientelistic policies that are attributed to the AKP government. It is a welcome and much needed addition to the scholarship on modern Turkey, as well as the more general scholarship on welfare system transformations and grassroots politics.”
– Elif Babül, Mount Holyoke College
— Elif Babül
“This book provides an up-to-date account of Turkish social policy and its politics of interest not only to area specialists but to a wider literature on developing welfare states in emerging market economies. It will be recognized more widely in development studies, comparative politics, and social and public policy communities.”
– Bernhard Ebbinghaus, University of Oxford
— Bernhard Ebbinghaus
“This book provides an up-to-date account of Turkish social policy and its politics of interest not only to area specialists but to a wider literature on developing welfare states in emerging market economies. It will be recognized more widely in development studies, comparative politics, and social and public policy communities.”
– Bernhard Ebbinghaus, University of Oxford
— Bernhard Ebbinghaus
“This is an excellent book that presents a new, refreshing perspective to understand a political-governmental dynamic that has lately been at the center of discussions regarding the AKP rule in Turkey. With firm historical grounding and careful, sound data analysis, Yörük displays the roots and the actual component of clientelistic policies that are attributed to the AKP government. It is a welcome and much needed addition to the scholarship on modern Turkey, as well as the more general scholarship on welfare system transformations and grassroots politics.”
– Elif Babül, Mount Holyoke College
— Elif Babül