Strong state and plural society in Turkey

Abstract

"This book focuses on the strong state tradition as well as plural society that developed in Turkey. Indicating how an unitarian ideological public sphere has evolved into a pluralistic and civil public domain, it enriches the literature on modernization, democracy, civil society, public space and social movements"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents: Civil Society in the Ottoman Empire -- Liberalism and Civil Society as in the Case of Turkey -- Religion and Ethnicity in the Construction of the Official Ideology in the Republican Turkey / Co-authored with Metin Toprak and Nasuh Uslu -- The Transformation of the Ideological Public Sphere in Turkey -- Civil Society Under a Strong State in Turkey / Co-authored with M. Lütfullah Karaman -- Media and Alevi Identity in Turkey -- The Same Actors with Different Voices : Feminisms with Diverse Interests in Turkey -- The Transformation of Feminism in Turkey : From Kemalist Modernization to Postmodernism -- The Kurdish Women's Movement in Turkey -- Women and Local Democracy in Turkey