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Title: Gender and Society in Turkey
Condition: New
Subtitle: The Impact of Neoliberal Policies, Political Islam and EU Accession
Author: Saniye Dedeoglu
Contributor: Adem Yavuz Elveren (Edited by), Saniye Dedeoglu (Edited by)
Format: Hardback
Type: Hardback
ISBN-10: 1780760272
EAN: 9781780760278
ISBN: 9781780760278
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Gender Sex & Relationships, Social Sciences
Release Date: 31/01/2012
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 216mm
Item Length: 138mm
Item Weight: 522g
Type: Textbook
Release Year: 2012
Description: In promising women equal citizenship rights and promoting gender equality, Turkey's recent welfare reforms appear to address fundamental problems-the patriarchal system limits women's lives to their roles as wives and mothers, and their labour to informal and unskilled sectors. Yet these policies, guided by the process of accession to the European Union, have conflicting outcomes for women. The reforms sweep away historic support structures and deem women 'equal citizens' without adequate interventions in legal and social frameworks, thus increasing their vulnerability. The AKP's neo-liberal policies and rising Islamic movements further weaken the reform process. With a comprehensive analysis of Turkey's welfare regime and of EU policy through the lens of gender, this book will be indispensable for all those interested in Turkish and Middle East studies, the EU, sociology, gender studies and globalisation.

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