How Opposition Parties Build Governing Capacity Under Dominant-Party Rule
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Political Science · Comparative Politics
A new study examines how opposition parties become credible alternatives under dominant-party rule, using Turkey’s Republican People’s Party (CHP) as a case study. The research challenges the dominant view that electoral shocks or short-term campaign strategies alone explain opposition success, instead showing that building governing capacity through local institutions and policy expertise is essential. For a retired public servant and writer interested in political theory and governance, this finding reveals how durable democratic change often depends on patient institutional work rather than dramatic electoral events.
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