EU democracy promotion and governmentality : Turkey and beyond / Hanna L. Muehlenhoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muehlenhoff, Hanna L. (Hanna Lina), author.

Series:

Interventions.

Interventions

Standardized Title:

Depoliticizing the politicized?

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union--Turkey.

European Union.

Democratization--Government policy--European Union countries.

Democratization.

Civil society--European Union countries.

Civil society.

Civil society--Turkey.

Democratization--Turkey.

Relations.

Democratization--Government policy.

Turkey--Politics and government--1980-.

Turkey.

Politics and government.

European Union countries--Relations--Turkey.

European Union countries.

Turkey--Relations--European Union countries.

Physical Description:

xiii, 173 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.

Summary:

"This volume draws on a Foucauldian understanding of governmentality to explore how EU civil society funding policies depoliticise civil society organisations. It questions whether international civil society funding always depoliticises civil society organisations, as the literature on governmentality and international civil society policies argues. The author examines how the liberal and neo-liberal rationalities of EU funding have both politicising and depoliticising effects on the human rights organisations funded, and demonstrates that whether the effects help or prevent the politicisation of human rights depends on how legitimate or contested the issue is domestically and how the civil society organisations act in this political context. These themes are explored through an in-depth analysis of the case of Turkey and EU funding of organisations working in the fields of women, LGBT and Kurdish rights. Unpacking liberal and neo-liberal governmentality in EU democracy promotion and civil society funding, this insightful contribution to the literature will be of interest to scholars of International Relations, Middle East Studies, European Studies and democracy promotion"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : on EU democracy promotion, the question of depoliticisation, and the case of Turkey

(De)politicisation, (neo-)liberal governmentality, and hegemonic struggles

The (neo-)liberal governmentality of EU civil society programs

The (de)politicisation of women's rights organisations in a complex context

(De)politicising LGBT rights organisations and the effects of visibility

The (de)politicisisation of the securitised Kurdish rights issue

Conclusions.

Notes:

Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität Tübingen, 2017, titled Depoliticizing the politicized? The effects of the EU's civil society funding in the context of hegemonic struggles in Turkey.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Muehlenhoff, Hanna L. (Hanna Lina), author. EU democracy promotion and governmentality

ISBN:

9780815347729

0815347723

OCLC:

1090283201