Reflections on Şerif Mardin’s center-periphery thesis

IF 1.2 3区 社会学 Q1 AREA STUDIES Turkish Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-20 DOI:10.1080/14683849.2023.2189592
Paul T. Levin
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ABSTRACT It would be an understatement to say that Şerif Mardin’s center-periphery thesis (CPT) has been influential on contemporary understandings of Turkey. This essay reflects on the impact of the CPT, considers the challenges from both critics and a changing empirical reality, and discusses whether it still has something to offer us today. It argues that some of the criticisms levied at Mardin’s thesis are based on a misunderstanding of the role of simplification in social science, while others point to important shortcomings of the theory without presenting an alternative framework. However, the article suggests that the anomalies in the CPT have by now amassed to the point that it no longer serves as a meaningful approximation of key dynamics in Turkish politics, primarily because it fails to capture the importance of the Kurdish issue and the consolidation of the ruling AKP at the center.
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对Şerif马尔丹中心-边缘命题的思考
毫不夸张地说,Şerif马丁的中心-边缘理论(CPT)影响了当代对土耳其的理解。本文反思了CPT的影响,考虑了来自批评者和不断变化的经验现实的挑战,并讨论了它今天是否仍有一些东西可供我们使用。它认为,对马尔丁论文的一些批评是基于对简化在社会科学中的作用的误解,而其他人则指出了该理论的重要缺点,而没有提出替代框架。然而,这篇文章指出,CPT内部的异常现象现在已经积累到这样的程度,即它不再是土耳其政治关键动态的有意义的近代性,主要是因为它没有抓住库尔德问题的重要性,也没有巩固执政的正义与发展党在中心的地位。
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Turkish Studies
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期刊介绍: Turkey is a country whose importance is rapidly growing in international affairs. A rapidly developing democratic state with a strong economy, complex society, active party system, and powerful armed forces, Turkey is playing an increasingly critical role in Europe, the Middle East, and the Caucasus. Given Turkey"s significance and the great interest in studying its history, politics, and foreign policy, Turkish Studies presents a forum for scholarly discussion on these topics and more.
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