Intimate politics: strategies and practices of female Mukhtars in Turkey

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dc.authoridUcaray-Mangitli, Burcu/0000-0003-1115-4462
dc.authoridTas, Hakki/0000-0003-3463-0804
dc.authoridYILDIRIM OZDEM, SENEM/0000-0003-1246-3697
dc.authorwosidUcaray-Mangitli, Burcu/AAB-2940-2019
dc.contributor.authorYıldırım, Senem
dc.contributor.authorUçaray-Mangıtlı, Burcu
dc.contributor.authorTas, Hakkı
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-20T20:29:21Z
dc.date.available2024-08-20T20:29:21Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentAntalya Belek Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe dualistic separation between the public and private assumes natural and stable boundaries between these spheres. However, a perspective that relies on binaries may deprive certain groups, practices and processes associated with specific spheres from diverse experiences. For instance, women wanting to move from the private sphere and join the political public could not do that due to the domesticated nature of their roles and responsibilities. However, those who do manage to become agents of political activity do so by developing strategies and practices that are context specific. This article examines how the boundaries between the public and private are traversed in Turkish local politics through the mentioned context-specific experiences. It identifies the ways in which female mukhtars in Turkey engage in politics through practices of intimization as a political strategy, which accounts for the strategies and practices of degendering and regendering. The analysis of data from interviews with 20 randomly selected female mukhtars reveals that female mukhtars successfully navigate a versatile strategy of degendering and regendering. In this regard, they may highlight career-defined and gender-neutral attributes or valorize the masculine imperatives of the public domain. They may also affirm and assert their feminine qualities depending on the context.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipRaoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) of Human Rights and Humanitarian Lawen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipOur research project 'Kadin Mahalle Muhtarlari: Kadinin Temsil Sorununa Yerel Siyasetin Etkisi' ('Female Mukhtars: The Effects of Local Politics on the Problem of Women's Representation' - 2014) was funded by Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13530194.2017.1320976
dc.identifier.endpage677en_US
dc.identifier.issn1353-0194
dc.identifier.issn1469-3542
dc.identifier.issue5en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85019015013en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage661en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/13530194.2017.1320976
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14591/110
dc.identifier.volume45en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000446576500001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTDen_US
dc.relation.ispartofBritish Journal Of Middle Eastern Studiesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.titleIntimate politics: strategies and practices of female Mukhtars in Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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