LEADER 04892nam 2200685 a 450 001 9910956815303321 005 20240418050426.0 010 $a9780295802275 010 $a0295802278 024 7 $a10.1515/9780295802275 035 $a(CKB)2550000000040231 035 $a(EBL)3444336 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000674461 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11444356 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000674461 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10667983 035 $a(PQKB)10214694 035 $a(OCoLC)742517289 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse6967 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3444336 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10480899 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL810557 035 $a(OCoLC)932315241 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3444336 035 $a(Perlego)723421 035 $a(DE-B1597)725910 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780295802275 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000040231 100 $a20020213d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIslamist mobilization in Turkey $ea study in vernacular politics /$fJenny B. White 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSeattle $cUniversity of Washington Press$dc2002 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in modernity and national identity 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780295982915 311 08$a0295982918 311 08$a9780295982236 311 08$a0295982233 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [281]-288) and index. 327 $a""Contents ""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Political Economy of Culture""; ""2. Religion and Politics in the Everyday""; ""3. The Institutional Expression of Islam""; ""4. Generation X and the Virtue Party""; ""5. Populism: Democracy Is Peace of Mind""; ""6. Civil Society: In Whose Service?""; ""7. Islamist Elitism and Women's Choices ""; ""8. Secular Activism in U?mraniye""; ""Conclusion""; ""Postscript""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" 330 8 $aWinner of the William A. Douglass Prize in Europeanist Anthropology The emergence of an Islamist movement and the startling buoyancy of Islamic political parties in Turkey--a model of secular modernization, a cosmopolitan frontier, and NATO ally--has puzzled Western observers. As the appeal of the Islamist Welfare Party spread through Turkish society, including the middle class, in the 1990s, the party won numerous local elections and became one of the largest parties represented in parliament, even holding the prime ministership in 1996 and 1997. Welfare was formally banned and closed in 1998, and its successor, Virtue, was banned in 2001, for allegedly posing a threat to the state, but the Islamist movement continues to grow in popularity. Jenny White has produced an ethnography of contemporary Istanbul that charts the success of Islamist mobilization through the eyes of ordinary people. Drawing on neighborhood interviews gathered over twenty years of fieldwork, she focuses intently on the genesis and continuing appeal of Islamic politics in the fabric of Turkish society and among mobilizing and mobilized elites, women, and educated populations. White shows how everyday concerns and interpersonal relations, rather than Islamic dogma, helped Welfare gain access to community networks, building on continuing face-to-face relationships by way of interactions with constituents through trusted neighbors. She argues that Islamic political networks are based on cultural understandings of relationships, duties, and trust. She also illustrates how Islamic activists have sustained cohesion despite contradictory agendas and beliefs, and how civic organizations, through local relationships, have ensured the autonomy of these networks from the national political organizations in whose service they appear to act. To illuminate the local culture of Istanbul, White has interviewed residents, activists, party officials, and municipal administrators and participated in their activities. She draws on rich experiences and research made possible by years of firsthand observation in the streets and homes of Umraniye, a large neighborhood that grew in tandem with Turkey's modernization in the late 20th century. This book will appeal to anthropologists, sociologists, historians, and analysts of Islamic and Middle Eastern politics. 410 0$aStudies in modernity and national identity. 606 $aIslam and politics$zTurkey 607 $aTurkey$xPolitics and government$y1980- 615 0$aIslam and politics 676 $a324.2561/082 700 $aWhite$b Jenny B$g(Jenny Barbara),$f1953-$01802244 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910956815303321 996 $aIslamist mobilization in Turkey$94347817 997 $aUNINA