Deliberating in difficult times: Lessons from public forums in Turkey in the aftermath of the Gezi protests

buir.contributor.authorUğur-Çınar, Meral
buir.contributor.authorGündüz-Arabacı, Çisem
dc.citation.epage246en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber2
dc.citation.spage224en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber47
dc.contributor.authorUğur-Çınar, Meralen_US
dc.contributor.authorGündüz-Arabacı, Çisemen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-21T16:03:16Z
dc.date.available2019-02-21T16:03:16Z
dc.date.issued2020-03en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Political Science and Public Administrationen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the prospects of public deliberation in a semi-authoritarian political context and unfavourable political cultural setting through an in-depth analysis of three public forums taking place in the aftermath of the 2013 Gezi Protests. This analysis shows that while the gains of deliberation in terms of influencing policy decision-making are limited, significant gains can still be reached in terms of creating a more civic public and a more strongly connected civil society that keeps its linkages with social movements. The study also finds that such forums can help create dialogue among distant segments of the society even though such interactions are still rather modest. These findings have implications for public deliberation in other non-deliberative settings as they open new areas of research in terms of the prospects of such forums in increasing social capital, pluralism and civicness.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13530194.2018.1491294
dc.identifier.eissn1469-3542en_US
dc.identifier.issn1353-0194
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/50090
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://doi.org/10.1080/13530194.2018.1491294
dc.source.titleBritish Journal of Middle Eastern Studiesen_US
dc.titleDeliberating in difficult times: Lessons from public forums in Turkey in the aftermath of the Gezi protestsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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