Shaping Gender Policy in Turkey

Grassroots Women Activists, the European Union, and the Turkish State

AvGül Aldıkaçtı Marshall

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

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Timely analysis of the ways in which women grassroots activists, the European Union, and the Turkish state are involved in shaping gender policies in Turkey.Shaping Gender Policy in Turkey uncovers how, why, and to what extent Turkish women, in addition to the Turkish state and the European Union, have been involved in gender policy changes in Turkey. Through analysis of the role of multiple actors at the subnational, national, and supranational levels, Gül Aldıkaçtı Marshall provides a detailed account of policy diffusion and feminist involvement in policymaking. Contextualizing the meaning of gender equality and multiple approaches to women's rights, she highlights a pivotal but neglected dimension of scholarship on Turkey's candidacy for European Union membership. This book represents one of the few works providing a multilevel analysis of gender policy in predominantly Muslim countries, and highlights Turkey's role at a time of swift structural changes to several political regimes in the Middle East.This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to Knowledge Unlatched-an initiative that provides libraries and institutions with a centralized platform to support OA collections and from leading publishing houses and OA initiatives. Learn more at the Knowledge Unlatched website at: https://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/, and access the book online at the SUNY Open Access Repository at http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/1708.

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Utgivningsdatum:2014-07-02
Mått:152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt:272 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:SUNY Press Open Access
Antal sidor:187
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9781438447728

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Gül Aldıkaçtı Marshall is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Louisville.

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List of TablesList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgments1. Conceptualizing the Actors RolesTheorizing Women’s Visibility within the Configuration of the Grassroots Activism, the State, and the EUAnalysis of Strategies Used by Women’s Groups, the EU, and the Turkish StateOverview of the Book2. Gender Equality, Women’s Rights, and Stipulations within the Enlarging EUFraming Gender Equality through Hard LawsExpanding the Meaning of Gender EqualityWomen’s Rights and Gendered Citizenship3. Before the 1999 Helsinki Summit: The State’s Gender Regime in TurkeyOttoman Reforms and the Gendered SubjectKemalist Revolution and the Gendered CitizenWomen amid Political Loyalty and Political MobilizationGender (In)Equality in Laws in the Republic of TurkeyThe Implications of Laws and Women’s Lived Experiences, 1923–19994. Active Citizenship: Women’s Collective Response to the State’s Gender Regime in Turkey, 1980–1999The Rise of the Feminist MovementDiversity in Women’s Activism: Islamist and Kemalist Women5. Aftermath of the 1999 Helsinki Summit: The Role of the EU and the Turkish State in Changing Gender Policies in TurkeyBrief History of the Relationship between Turkey and the EUEuropeanization, Conditionality, and Gender EqualityEmerging Picture of Gender-Equality Reforms6. Women’s Grassroots Activism in Changing Gender Policies after the Helsinki SummitTaking Advantage of the EU Membership ProcessRelations with the EUUtilizing the UN Meetings for Policy Changes in Turkey7. Conclusion: Sustained-Pressure in Shifting WindsAppendix A: InterviewsAppendix B: Names of Women’s Organizations and Journals in Turkish and EnglishNotesReferencesIndex