Rethinking Islam And Liberal Democracy: Islamist Women In Turkish Politics

✍ Scribed by Yesim Arat

• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 161
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Examines the experiences of women activists of the Islamist Refah (Welfare) party in Turkey.

✦ Table of Contents

Rethinking Islam and Liberal Democracy: Islamist Women in Turkish Politics......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 11
Introduction......Page 12
1. Women of the Republic and Islam: Between the Private and the Political......Page 26
2. Refah Party and the Organization of The Ladies’ Commissions......Page 42
3. Women in the Organization......Page 60
4. Mobilizing for the Party: From the Personal into the Political......Page 80
5. Worldviews of Refah Women......Page 100
Conclusion......Page 120
Appendix: Questions Used in the Interviews......Page 128
INTRODUCTION......Page 132
1. WOMEN OF THE REPUBLIC AND ISLAM......Page 135
2. REFAH PARTY AND THE ORGANIZATION OF THE LADIES’ COMMISSIONS......Page 138
3. WOMEN IN THE ORGANIZATION......Page 141
4. MOBILIZING FOR THE PARTY......Page 142
5. WORLDVIEWS OF REFAH WOMEN......Page 143
CONCLUSION......Page 145
Bibliography......Page 146
D......Page 156
I......Page 157
L......Page 158
P......Page 159
S......Page 160
Z......Page 161