Women in Turkey: Silent Consensus in the Age of Neoliberalism and Islamic Conservatism

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
Introduction
	A note on data
	Outline of the book and the chapters
	Note
	References
1 Theoretical framework
	Limits of exclusive focus on identity politics
	Critical political economy: An alternative approach
	Neoliberalism and neoconservatism
	Theoretical roots of neoliberalism and gender
	Contemporary neoliberalism and the gender predicament
	Neoliberalism in Turkey
	AKP’s Islamic conservatism and gender
	Data and method
	Notes
	References
2 Competing visions of gender
	Secular patriarchy
	Islamism and Islamic conservatism
	The rise of Islamism in Turkey
	Re-envisioning women under AKP rule
	Conclusion
	References
3 Employment
	Women’s employment from a historical perspective: 1920s–1970s
	Early neoliberalism and the rise of private enterprise: 1980s–1990s
	Pillars of the AKP government’s policies for female employment: 2002–present
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
	Periodicals
4 Education
	Principles of education
	Characteristics of the education system under the AKP: An overview
	Conclusion
	Notes
	References
5 Health
	Healthcare during the early Republican years (1920s–1950s)
	Growing population and the health challenges: 1960–1970s
	Beginning of the neoliberal era: 1980s and 1990s
	Characteristics of health policies under the AKP (2002–2018)
	Conclusion
	References
6 Looking global, looking ahead
	Looking ahead
	References
Index