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Gender Politics in Turkey and Russia: From State Feminism to Authoritarian Rule

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Gender Politics in Turkey and Russia: From State Feminism to Authoritarian Rule

Contributors:
ISBN:

9780755646227

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

I.B. Tauris

Publication Date:

21st October 2021

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship
Comparative politics
Gender studies: women and girls

Dewey:

305.420947

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

192

Dimensions:

Width 156mm, Height 234mm

Weight:

277g

Description

Both Russia and Turkey were pioneering examples of feminism in the early 20th Century, when the Bolshevik and Republican states embraced an ideology of womens equality. Yet now these countries have drifted towards authoritarianism and the concept of gender is being invoked to reinforce tradition, nationalism and to oppose Western culture. Gkten Dogangns book explores the relationship between the state and gender equality in Russia and Turkey, covering the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 and the Republican Revolution of 1923 and highlighting the very different gender climates that have emerged under the leaderships of Putin and Erdogan. The research is based on analysis of legal documents, statistical data and reports, as well as in-depth interviews with experts, activists and public officials. Dogangn identifies a climate of neo-traditionalism in contemporary Russia and neo-conservatism in contemporary Turkey and examines how Putin and Erdogans ambitions to ensure political stability, security and legitimacy are achieved by promoting commonly held family values, grounded in religion and tradition. The book reveals what it means to be a woman in Turkey and Russia today and covers key topics such as hostility towards feminism, womens employment, domestic violence, motherhood and abortion. Dogangn provides the first comparative study that seeks to understand the escalation of patriarchy and the decline of democracy which is being witnessed across the world.

Author Bio

Gkten Dogangn is the coordinator of the Centre for Black Sea and Central Asia at Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara, Turkey, where she is also an instructor in Eurasian Studies. She recently conducted post-doctoral research in the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University and she has been Visiting Researcher at Michigan State University and the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. Her publications appear in the journals Politics and Gender, Geopolitics and the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies. She received her PhD in Political Science and Public Administration at METU where her thesis was given the Best Thesis of Year Award.

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