Ethnic Exclusion And Mobilization: The Kurdish Conflict In Turkey

Abstract

Why does ethnicity become politically salient and the basis of mobilization for some members of a disadvantaged group but not for others? This article suggests that members of a disadvantaged ethnic group are unlikely to support ethnic mobilization as long as they perceive the channels of personal mobility in the political system open. It builds upon an original dataset of biographical information of 2,952 governors, ministers, and judges in Turkey. The results show that support for Kurdish ethno-mobilization and recruitment into the Kurdish insurgency remain low in Kurdish localities with greater representation in the echelons of political power. This finding supports institutional approach to the study of ethnicity and demonstrates the importance of state recruitment patterns in shaping the political saliency of ethnic identity.

Publication Date

1-1-2017

Publication Title

Comparative Politics

Volume

49

Issue

2

Number of Pages

213-230

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.5129/001041517820201378

Socpus ID

85044304047 (Scopus)

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https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85044304047

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