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| Language | English |
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| Pages | 102-118 |
| Journal | Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - 2014 |
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Funding Democracy, Funding Social Services? The European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights in the Context of Competing Narratives in Turkey. / Muehlenhoff, H.L.M.
In: Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 16, No. 1, 2014, p. 102-118.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Funding Democracy, Funding Social Services? The European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights in the Context of Competing Narratives in Turkey
AU - Muehlenhoff,H.L.M.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Within the process of Turkey's European Union (EU) accession, the EU aims to strengthen Turkey's democratization through various programmes focusing on the role of civil society. By funding non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the EU intends to empower NGOs to take on a self-responsible role in Turkey's democratization process. In this article, I argue that the EU indeed aims to support a liberal narrative through the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) yet by the means of neo-liberal governmental power. Through this it renders the NGOs rather technical instead of political and thus misses the chance of strengthening a liberal narrative that could pose an alternative to the reoccurring hegemonic struggle between a Kemalist and a pro-Islam narrative in Turkey. © 2014 Taylor & Francis.
AB - Within the process of Turkey's European Union (EU) accession, the EU aims to strengthen Turkey's democratization through various programmes focusing on the role of civil society. By funding non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the EU intends to empower NGOs to take on a self-responsible role in Turkey's democratization process. In this article, I argue that the EU indeed aims to support a liberal narrative through the European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) yet by the means of neo-liberal governmental power. Through this it renders the NGOs rather technical instead of political and thus misses the chance of strengthening a liberal narrative that could pose an alternative to the reoccurring hegemonic struggle between a Kemalist and a pro-Islam narrative in Turkey. © 2014 Taylor & Francis.
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DO - 10.1080/19448953.2013.864186
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VL - 16
SP - 102
EP - 118
JO - Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies
T2 - Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies
JF - Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies
SN - 1944-8953
IS - 1
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