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Gabriela Greilinger @gabrielagreilinger.bsky.social · May 12

"It is long overdue that patriarchy and issues of gender are treated as central to the study of the states and political regimes. (...) patriarchy stands in the way of democracy and equal citizenship. (...) patriarchy provides a lens through which the legitimacy of a regime is judged." 💡

Title: Patriarchy and political regimes: the role of patriarchal narratives in neopatrimonialism, populism, and the rise of the far right
Author: Meral Ugur-Cinar
Abstract: This article is written with the motivation to call for more interaction between the fields of gender studies and the study of political regimes. Approaching the Turkish case in comparative perspective, it aims to demonstrate the necessity to bring the study of gender to the foreground of comparative politics and specifically the study of issues such as states, political regimes, political parties, and social movements. In what follows, I explain why gender studies need to have a central place in the study of political science and comparative politics in particular instead of being seen solely as the study of male domination. I demonstrate the crucial role patriarchy plays in neopatrimonialism, populism, and far right politics. I show that understanding the link between authoritarianism and patriarchy is key in making sense of the authoritarian dynamics in politics. Being able to understand this link, on the other hand, can serve as a vital springboard in imagining more democratic, pluralistic, and inclusive political futures, as some social movements have tried to show us.
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277539525000731

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Meral Ugur-Cinar @meralugurcinar.bsky.social · Jul 20

These contributions also serve as an invitation to feminists across the globe to build a more reflective, critical, inclusive, egalitarian, and pluralistic feminism in thought, speech, and practice.

Meral Ugur-Cinar @meralugurcinar.bsky.social · Jul 20

This piece introduces our special issue which brings together works that reflect on the prospects and limits of feminism as we know it in the critical times we live in within the context of the Palestinian genocide.

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Meral Ugur-Cinar @meralugurcinar.bsky.social · Jul 20

Our introduction to the forthcoming
@GPCjournal
special issue called "Genocide is a Feminist Issue" prepared together with @snehakrishnan.bsky.social is now available. First 50 copies available for free at www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TBDEX...

Genocide is a feminist issue: introduction to special issue

This piece introduces our special issue called “Genocide is a Feminist Issue” which brings together works that reflect on the prospects and limits of feminism as we know it in the critical times we...

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Meral Ugur-Cinar @meralugurcinar.bsky.social · May 10

Thank you both.

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Meral Ugur-Cinar @meralugurcinar.bsky.social · May 9

Based on my research over more than a decade, I demonstrate how patriarchy is not just a women's issue but that it lies at the heart of political regime discussions.

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Meral Ugur-Cinar @meralugurcinar.bsky.social · May 9

My latest article just got published:
Patriarchy and political regimes: the role of patriarchal narratives in neopatrimonialism, populism, and the rise of the far right
authors.elsevier.com/a/1l3dM-6kqp...
First 50 copies free with this link.

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Meral Ugur-Cinar @meralugurcinar.bsky.social · May 4

Thank you.

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Meral Ugur-Cinar @meralugurcinar.bsky.social · May 3

Siyasette hikayelerin,anlatıların kitabını yazmış biri olarak anlatacak yeni hikayeleri kalmayanların eski,kutuplaştırıcı,dışlayıcı hikayelerine sarılmalarına şaşırmıyor; bunun onlara fayda getireceğini de sanmıyorum.Daha kapsayıcı,çoğulcu,ilerici hikaleyelere...
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Meral Ugur-Cinar @meralugurcinar.bsky.social · Apr 27

Çok tebrikler!

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Meral Ugur-Cinar @meralugurcinar.bsky.social · Apr 26

For those who want to make sense of how injustices by the incumbent toward the Istanbul mayor and toward the political opposition in general mobilize voters, our article with Tuğçe İnce just got assigned to an issue (open access)
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

What Leads to Voting Despite Intention to Abstain?: Emotions, Turnout, and Negative Campaigns in Turkish Elections | Review of Middle East Studies | Cambridge Core

What Leads to Voting Despite Intention to Abstain?: Emotions, Turnout, and Negative Campaigns in Turkish Elections - Volume 57 Issue 2

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Meral Ugur-Cinar @meralugurcinar.bsky.social · Apr 23

23 Nisan kutlu olsun. Cumhuriyet ve demokrasi öyle bir günde, öyle susarak, öyle korkarak kurulmadı. Azimle, kararlılıkla, cesaretle, vicdanla kuruldu. Elbette gelecek nesillere taşınması da öyle olacak, olmalı... Geleceğe kendi ömründen büyük bir miras bırakanlara saygıyla...

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Meral Ugur-Cinar @meralugurcinar.bsky.social · Jan 24

This game visualizes best what I tried to say in this article.The incumbent does not hit all opposition at once.Perhaps that gives a sense of competitiveness.But it hits hard where it sees a threat.Sometimes debilitatingly.Smth to think about re: comp. auth.
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/electio...

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Meral Ugur-Cinar @meralugurcinar.bsky.social · Mar 7

maintained. The less governmental interference to regulative state institutions, the more such institutions will be devoted to the public rather than partisan interests,resulting in a wider gap btwn state & govt trust.
More reason to champion checks and balances!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The effects of executive constraints on political trust

This article explores political trust, delving into its subcomponents and the relationship between them. It is interested in explaining why governmental trust and trust in regulative state institut...

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Meral Ugur-Cinar @meralugurcinar.bsky.social · Mar 7

explained by checks on the executive.This is the case b/c the more restricted the executive,the less regulative state institutions are affected by the fluctuations in gov'tal trust.When the govt cannot encroach upon state institutions the impartiality and efficacy of regulative institutions are...

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Meral Ugur-Cinar @meralugurcinar.bsky.social · Mar 7

The blog post is based on our article "The effects of executive constraints on political trust,"
which is interested in explaining why governmental trust and trust in regulative state institutions are similar in some countries and different in others. It argues that the variation can best be...

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Meral Ugur-Cinar @meralugurcinar.bsky.social · Mar 7

We are happy to learn that TRUEDEM has selected our post with Kursat Cinar among the winning submissions. truedem.eu/news/blog-re....
Our post called "Executive Constraints and Political Trust" can be found here:
www.truedem.eu/blog/blog12

TRUEDEM - blog12

Meral Ugur-Cinar is an Associate Professor at Bilkent University’s Department of Political Science and Public Administration. She is the author of Collective Memory and National Membership (Palgrave) ...

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Meral Ugur-Cinar @meralugurcinar.bsky.social · Jan 25

Multiple open positions at our department. Turkish Politics and Public Policy
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Faculty Position in Department of Political Science and Public Administration | Applications for Faculty Positions

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Meral Ugur-Cinar @meralugurcinar.bsky.social · Jan 24

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Meral Ugur-Cinar @meralugurcinar.bsky.social · Jan 24

This game visualizes best what I tried to say in this article.The incumbent does not hit all opposition at once.Perhaps that gives a sense of competitiveness.But it hits hard where it sees a threat.Sometimes debilitatingly.Smth to think about re: comp. auth.
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/electio...

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Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · Jan 16

Looking forward to today's PSA Turkish Politics
event on @meralugurcinar.bsky.social's new book. So much to engage on narratives, from contested histories to patriarchal presents to promises of future economic development.

Join us at 15:00 UK time/10:00am ET:
psaturkishpolitics.uk/2025/01/03/o...

Online Book Launch: Memory, Patriarchy and Economy in Turkey

We are inviting you to the online launch event of Meral Uğur-Çınar’s (Bilkent University) book, Memory, Patriarchy, and Economy in Turkey: Narratives of Political Power. The book, published b…

psaturkishpolitics.uk

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Meral Ugur-Cinar @meralugurcinar.bsky.social · Jan 13

I find these particularly still very useful for my UG classes:
Arato, "Political Theology and Populism."
Weyland, “Neopopulism and Neoliberalism in Latin America: Unexpected Affinities.”
Video of Cohen's conference presentation, (minutes 31.55-46.08), blogs.law.columbia.edu/praxis1313/9...

9/13 | Left Populism – February 13, 2019 – Praxis 13/139/13 | Left Populism – February 13, 2019 – Praxis 13/13

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Meral Ugur-Cinar @meralugurcinar.bsky.social · Jan 3

Looking forward to this! Join if you can.

PSA Turkish Politics Specialist Group @psaturkish.bsky.social · Jan 3

We are hosting a virtual book launch for Meral Uğur-Çınar’s book, Memory, Patriarchy, and Economy in Turkey: Narratives of Political Power, published by @edinburghup.bsky.social

🗓 Date: January 16, 2025
🕒 Time: 15:00 (UK time)
🔗 Registration via Zoom ⬇️

psaturkishpolitics.uk/2025/01/03/o...

Online Book Launch: Memory, Patriarchy and Economy in Turkey

We are inviting you to the online launch event of Meral Uğur-Çınar’s book, Memory, Patriarchy, and Economy in Turkey: Narratives of Political Power. The book, published by Edinburgh Universit…

psaturkishpolitics.uk

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Lisel Hintz @liselhintz.bsky.social · Dec 17

Two participants in our Zoom writing solidarity group yesterday shared fantastic news. One just defended her dissertation and one just submitted hers. Both have been group members for over a year (we're in Week 92).

If you know of MENA students who could benefit or want more info, please reach out!

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