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To determine the legacy of Turkey’s AK Party, we examine the policies of the Tunisian An-Nahada and Bangladesh Jamat-e Islam (BJI) parties, which are arguably related to Islamic political ideology and were introduced to the world as moderate-conservative political Islam parties. This entry examines the nature and processes through which a country’s administrative features are shaped. Three parties from three regions of the world are compared – the Turkish AK party from the Middle East and Europe, the Tunisian An-Nahada party from the African and Arab region, and the Islamic political party BJI from South Asia. Although the countries have distinct socio-cultural issues, political backgrounds, historical perspectives, and economic differences, they also have many similarities. This entry examines these political parties’ histories, political...
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Islam, M.N., Bingöl, Y., Nyadera, I.N. (2020). Political and Administrative Culture in Turkey’s AK Party, Tunisian An-Nahada, and Bangladesh Jamat-e Islam. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_4028-1
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