ISBN:
1780760272
,
9780857721297
,
9781780760278
Language:
English
Pages:
xx, 288 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Library of Modern Turkey
Parallel Title:
Print version Gender and Society in Turkey : The Impact of Neoliberal Policies, Political Islam and EU Accession
DDC:
305.4209561
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Includes bibliography and index
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; List of Abbreviations; List of Tables, Figures and Boxes; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Part One: TheWelfare State, LabourMarket and Gender in Turkey; 1. Introduction: Gender, Society and theWelfare State in Turkey -- Saniye Dedeoglu and Adem Y. Elveren; 2. The ChangingWelfare Regime of Turkey: Neoliberalism, Cultural Conservatism and Social Solidarity Redefined -- Ayşe Buğra; 3. Understanding Gender Equality Demands in Turkey: Foundations and Boundaries of Women'sMovements -- Feride Acar and Gülbanu Altunok
Description / Table of Contents:
4. The State of Female Labour in the Impasse of the NeoliberalMarket and the Patriarchal Family -- Gülay Toksöz5. Gender Aspects of Income Distribution and Poverty in Turkey -- Meltem Dayıoğlu and Cem Başlevent; 6. Housewifisation ofWomen: Contextualising Gendered Patterns of Paid and UnpaidWork -- EmelMemiş, Umut Öneş and Burça Kızılırmak; 7. Domestic Labour andWell-Being: A Case Study of the Evlatlik Institution in Turkey -- Hande Toğrul; Part Two: The Effects of theWelfare Reforms onWomen's Status in the EU Accession Process
Description / Table of Contents:
The ContributorsIndex;
Description / Table of Contents:
8. Gender Equality Policies and Female Employment: The Reforms in the EU Accession Process -- Saniye Dedeoglu9. The Social Security Reform andWomen in Turkey -- Mustafa Şahin; 10. Gender and Health Sector Reform: Policies, Actions and Effects -- Tuba İ. Ağartan; 11. Gender Gaps in the Individual Pension System in Turkey -- Şule Şahin and Adem Y. Elveren; 12. Child and Elder Care Providers:Women in the Informal Sector -- Helga Rittersberger-Tılıç and Sibel Kalaycıoğlu; 13. Women and Trade Unionism in Turkey: The Impact of the European Union -- Şerife Gözde Yirmibeşoğlu; Endnotes; Bibliography
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
,
Available via World Wide Web
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