Beyond the Democratic Paradox: The Decline of Democracy in Turkey
In: Program on Governance and Local Development Working Paper No. 21
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In: Program on Governance and Local Development Working Paper No. 21
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In: International journal of Middle East studies: IJMES, Band 45, Heft 4, S. 807-809
ISSN: 1471-6380
As a student of politics whose primary research interest is in women's political participation in Turkey, my engagement with the study of violence is through the lens of gender. In gender studies, "violence" is arguably the most important critical concept for the articulation of the personal as the political. Women's recognition that violence in their personal lives and intimate relationships needed to be problematized in the political realm and transformed through public debate was a revolutionary development. Bringing this recognition into the canon of political thought has been a major contribution of feminist theorists.
In: Third world quarterly, Band 31, Heft 6, S. 869-884
ISSN: 1360-2241
In: The Middle East journal, Band 64, Heft 2, S. 235-251
ISSN: 1940-3461
In: The Middle East journal, Band 64, Heft 2, S. 235-251
ISSN: 0026-3141
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In: Women & politics, Band 25, Heft 1-2, S. 215-218
ISSN: 0195-7732
In: Women & politics, Band 25, Heft 1-2, S. 215-218
ISSN: 0195-7732
In: South European society & politics, Band 7, Heft 3, S. 169
ISSN: 1360-8746
In: South European society & politics, Band 7, Heft 3, S. 169-170
ISSN: 1360-8746
In: Journal of international affairs, Band 54, Heft 1, S. 107-126
ISSN: 0022-197X
In: Political psychology: journal of the International Society of Political Psychology, Band 19, Heft 1, S. 117-131
ISSN: 1467-9221
This paper examines how some feminist and Islamist women in Turkey helped bring about change in political values during the past decade. The traditional political culture upheld statist, corporatist (as opposed to liberal, individualist) norms. The state controlled religion in the name of secularism and limited democracy within the confines of formal equality. Both feminists and Islamists contested traditional political values by insisting on their own definition of their interests, as opposed to those that were state‐enforced. The feminists questioned the justice of formal equality as they sought substantive equality; Islamist women challenged the secular concept of equality as they insisted on the justice of male‐female complementarity. Both groups engaged in active politics and expanded the parameters of democratic participation as they sought substantive equality beyond formal equality. Yet the patriarchal heritage of Islam defined the limits of Islamist women's search for liberation within the confines of religion.
In: Women & politics, Band 19, Heft 4, S. 1-22
ISSN: 0195-7732
Examines women and politics, focusing on Tansu Çiller in her role as Prime Minister from June 1993-Dec. 95; includes relationship between masculinity and femininity in political style, and Çiller's position on women's issues and her role in the True Path Party.
In: Women & politics, Band 19, Heft 4, S. 1-22
ISSN: 0195-7732
In: Political psychology: journal of the International Society of Political Psychology, Band 19, Heft 1, S. 117-132
ISSN: 0162-895X
In: Women & politics: a quarterly journal of research and policy studies, Band 19, Heft 4, S. 1-22
ISSN: 1540-9473