Securitization and Authoritarianism

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Securitization and Authoritarianism is written by Ihsan Yilmaz and published by Springer Nature. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9819905060 (ISBN 10) and 9789819905065 (ISBN 13).

This book focuses on securitization and authoritarianism in Turkey with research on the country’s Islamist populist ruling party’s (AKP) oppression of different socio-political, ethnic and religious groups. In doing so, it analyzes how the AKP has securitized to oppress different socio-political groups and identities, according to the time and need for the party's political survival. Research in the book sheds light on the use of traumas, conspiracy theories, and fear as tools in the securitization and repression processes.