Ömer Çaha

Women and Civil Society in Turkey

Women's Movements in a Muslim Society

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Produktbeschreibung

Focusing on three important interrelated issues, Women and Civil Society in Turkey challenges the classical definition, developed in the West, of civil society as an equivalent of the public sphere in which women are excluded. First it shows how feminist movements have developed a new definition of civil society to include women. Second it draws attention to the role of women in the modernization of Turkey with special reference to the debate on the possibility of an indigenous feminist movement. Finally, it underlines the contribution of feminist, Islamic and Kurdish women's movements in the transition from an ideologically constructed, uniform public sphere to a multi-public domain.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 238
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9781472410078
• ISBN-10: 1472410076
• Artikelnr.: 41248266

Autorenporträt

Ã-mer ÿaha is Professor of Political Science at Yildiz Technical University, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Istanbul, Turkey. He is interested in such issues as democratization, civil society, political behaviors, social movements and women's movements.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 Civil Society in Modern Political Thought and Feminist Reaction
Chapter 2 Women and Civil Society in Turkish Politics: From Past to Present
Chapter 3 The Feminist Movement in Turkey During the 1980s
Chapter 4 The Feminist Movement from Streets to Institutions
Chapter 5 The Islamic Women's Movement
Chapter 6 The Kurdish Women's Movement
Chapter 7 Concluding Remarks: Women's Movements and Feminine Civil Society in Turkey