Throughout the Middle East, Islamist charities and social welfare organizations play a major
role in addressing the socioeconomic needs of Muslim societies, independently of the state …

Mainstream academic and policy literature emphasizes the nexus between an active and
vibrant civil society sector and greater political accountability. As a result, support for civil …

Over the past few decades there has been a great deal of interest in the academic literature
on the relationship between civil society organizations (CSOs) and the state, and the impact …

Examining the rise of global women's human rights and their interpretation and application
to Turkey, Nüket Kardam provides an in-depth study that applies global norms-including …

In this article, we aim to explore the shift in the relationship between the state and women's
rights organizations (WROs) in Turkey in the post-2011 period, which was evinced in rising …

Civil society seems easily discernible from a distance. It seems as if a bounded sphere is out
there. But when perspective is shifted toward the social use of civil society, as this book …

Shaping Gender Policy in Turkey uncovers how, why, and to what extent Turkish women, in
addition to the Turkish state and the European Union, have been involved in gender policy …

Since the end of state-socialist regimes in Europe, countries within the former 'Soviet
Bloc'have proceeded along very different paths of political, social and economic …

Since the early 1990s support for civil society has constituted the linchpin of international
efforts in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) to promote democratisation and democratic …

Civil society is often seen as male, structured in a way that excludes women from public and
political life. Much feminist scholarship sees civil society and feminism as incompatible a …