Women in Turkey: Silent Consensus in the Age of Neoliberalism and Islamic Conservatism

ISBN-13: 9781138542327 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 200 str.

Gamze Cavdar; Yavuz Yaşar

Opis

This book provides a socio-economic examination of the status of women in contemporary Turkey, assessing how policies have combined elements of neoliberalism and Islamic conservatism.

Recenzje

Winner of the 2021 Suraj Mal and Shyama Devi Agarwal Book Prize
The Prize Committee found the winning book to be highly original in its treatment of the relationship between neoliberalism, religiously structured patriarchy, and gender in Turkey. The authors trace the evolution of Islamist conservative thought, which had initially stood in contradiction to neoliberal policies and values, but has now evolved to incorporate neoliberal values, with deep negative impacts on education, employment and health inequality by gender.

Spis treści

1. Theoretical Framework
2. Competing Visions on Gender
3. Employment
4. Education
5. Health
6. Looking Global, Looking Ahead

O autorze

Gamze Çavdar teaches Comparative Politics and Middle East Politics in the Department of Political Science at Colorado State University, USA. Her research interests include Islamist movements, gender, social policy and the politics of food.
Yavuz Yaşar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Denver. His research interests include health economics, social policy, development, macroeconomics and political economy.