The Societal Roles of Women`s Organizations: Illustrations from Transforming Turkey
(2017) SIMV18 20171Graduate School
- Abstract
- Recently, a high degree of political polarization has been identified within the body of civil society organizations corresponding to the socio-political climate in Turkey. From this viewpoint, this thesis characterizes, presents and analyzes the societal roles of women`s organizations in the transition process. The study consists of six principal chapters, each of them dealing with intertwined and complementary themes pursuant to gender politics and women`s place in the society. These themes are investigated through Laclau and Mouffe`s discourse theory, together with the post-structuralist scholarship. The author employs two methodological approaches which are netnography and discourse analysis. Following, the study provides a set of... (More)
- Recently, a high degree of political polarization has been identified within the body of civil society organizations corresponding to the socio-political climate in Turkey. From this viewpoint, this thesis characterizes, presents and analyzes the societal roles of women`s organizations in the transition process. The study consists of six principal chapters, each of them dealing with intertwined and complementary themes pursuant to gender politics and women`s place in the society. These themes are investigated through Laclau and Mouffe`s discourse theory, together with the post-structuralist scholarship. The author employs two methodological approaches which are netnography and discourse analysis. Following, the study provides a set of analysis through three structural domains: family & society, workforce and politics. Subsequently, the main purpose of the thesis is to address the strategies, functions and objectives of women`s organizations that play a Cartesian role in the formation of social realities through practices. (Less)
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- author
- Mutlu, Setenay LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SIMV18 20171
- year
- 2017
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- women`s organizations, gender politics, Laclau and Mouffe`s discourse theory, the state transition in Turkey, Twitter.
- language
- English
- id
- 8913136
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- 2017-06-28 11:34:11
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