Gender and society in Turkey : the impact of neoliberal policies, political Islam and EU accession /

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 p...

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Other Authors: Dedeoğlu, Saniye, Elveren, Adem Y. (Adem Yavuz)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : I.B. Tauris, 2012.
Series:Library of modern Turkey ; 4.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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 p.
Physical Description:1 online resource (308 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780857721297
0857721291
1780760272
9781780760278
DOI:10.5040/9780755607471