Profile of power: Muslim, Turkish women as political leaders
نام عام مواد
[Thesis]
نام نخستين پديدآور
Sumeyye Pakdil
نام ساير پديدآوران
Souaiaia, Ahmed E.
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
The University of Iowa
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
2016
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
217
يادداشت کلی
متن يادداشت
Committee members: Khandelwal, Meena R.; Mentzer, Raymond A.; Ritz, John C.; Tilley, Paul C.
یادداشتهای مربوط به نشر، بخش و غیره
متن يادداشت
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-98340-0
یادداشتهای مربوط به پایان نامه ها
جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن
Ph.D.
نظم درجات
Religious Studies
کسي که مدرک را اعطا کرده
The University of Iowa
امتياز متن
2016
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
In this project, I profile politically active women in a Muslim society -more specifically in Turkey. I explore the question of how female leaders experience the influence of Islam in contemporary Turkish politics-has had on their understanding(s) of themselves, their public and private lives, their political philosophies and aspirations. In many places around the world, and in a variety of ways, women are constrained from fully participating in political life. The rationale for limiting women's opportunities in the political sphere is often rooted in religion. Religion, or some interpretations thereof, expects them to focus their energies and talents on the private sphere: society can grow and thrive only when women stay home and leave the business of politics to men. Religion, however, often gives women mixed messages about their roles and capacities. Many women take advantage of this ambiguity to interpret their relationship to the realm of politics in creative and sometimes surprising ways. It is important to examine religion's influence on women who are active participants in the public sphere. In this study, utilizing interviews conducted with female members of the Turkish parliament, I show the ways in which women have challenged both the state and religion in order to increase their social and political competence, power, and agency. I find that critical self-reflections of many politically astute Muslim women show that the influences of religion on their consciousness are complex and flexible. Women politicians' constraints in politics derive from cultural, traditional norms rather than religious origins. While some women appear to unconsciously conform to these constraints, majority -if not all, of the women politicians interviewed suggest ongoing efforts to tackle the impositions of the public and private spheres of life.
موضوع (اسم عام یاعبارت اسمی عام)
موضوع مستند نشده
Religion; Political science; Gender studies
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اصطلاح موضوعی
Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Female leaders;Turkey;Women's roles
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