A gendered analysis of trends in the faith‐based provision of social services: Evidence from Egypt and Turkey. (4th October 2022)
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- Title:
- A gendered analysis of trends in the faith‐based provision of social services: Evidence from Egypt and Turkey. (4th October 2022)
- Main Title:
- A gendered analysis of trends in the faith‐based provision of social services: Evidence from Egypt and Turkey
- Authors:
- Çavdar, Gamze
- Abstract:
- Abstract: The involvement of faith‐based organizations in the provision of social welfare has been popular in discourse and policy over the last several decades. This policy is often recommended as a remedy to the underfunded and underdeveloped social welfare system in late industrializing countries. This paper aims to discuss the implications of this recommended policy on women in the MENA region. This question is significant because women in the MENA region need social services as they have the lowest labor market participation in the world and they have been disproportionately affected by poverty over the last decade, a trend exacerbated during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Based on fieldwork and utilizing both qualitative and quantitative sources, this paper discusses evidence from two country cases in the MENA region, Egypt and Turkey. The paper argues that the provision of social welfare by faith‐based organizations falls short in providing a substitute or alternative to publicly funded and universally provided social services for women because the provision of these services is inconsistent and unreliable and could be coopted by the government. Egypt represents a case in which the al‐Sisi regime adopted a confrontational strategy toward the Muslim Brotherhood and dismembered its services, while Turkey represents a case in which government coopts faith‐based organizations for political gain. Abstract :Abstract: The involvement of faith‐based organizations in the provision of social welfare has been popular in discourse and policy over the last several decades. This policy is often recommended as a remedy to the underfunded and underdeveloped social welfare system in late industrializing countries. This paper aims to discuss the implications of this recommended policy on women in the MENA region. This question is significant because women in the MENA region need social services as they have the lowest labor market participation in the world and they have been disproportionately affected by poverty over the last decade, a trend exacerbated during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Based on fieldwork and utilizing both qualitative and quantitative sources, this paper discusses evidence from two country cases in the MENA region, Egypt and Turkey. The paper argues that the provision of social welfare by faith‐based organizations falls short in providing a substitute or alternative to publicly funded and universally provided social services for women because the provision of these services is inconsistent and unreliable and could be coopted by the government. Egypt represents a case in which the al‐Sisi regime adopted a confrontational strategy toward the Muslim Brotherhood and dismembered its services, while Turkey represents a case in which government coopts faith‐based organizations for political gain. Abstract : 过去几十年,宗教组织参与提供社会福利一事普遍存在于话语和政策中。这项政策经常被推荐为较晚工业化国家中资金不足与不发达的社会福利体系的补救措施。本文旨在探讨这项推荐政策对中东和北非地区妇女的影响。这个问题很重要,因为中东和北非地区的妇女需要社会服务,她们的劳动力市场参与度是全球最低的,并且在过去十年中遭受了严重的贫困影响,这一趋势在COVID‐19大流行期间有所恶化。基于实地调查并利用定性和定量来源,本文探讨了来自埃及和土耳其这两个国家案例的证据。本文认为,宗教组织提供的社会福利不足以替代以妇女为对象的公共资助及普遍提供的社会服务,因为宗教组织的社会福利提供并不持续且不可靠,还可能会被政府利用。埃及案例中,塞西政权对穆斯林兄弟会采取对抗战略并分割了后者提供的服务,而土耳其案例中,政府拉拢宗教组织以获取政治利益。 Abstract : La participación de organizaciones basadas en la fe en la provisión de bienestar social ha sido popular en el discurso y la política durante las últimas décadas. Esta política a menudo se recomienda como un remedio para el sistema de bienestar social subdesarrollado y con fondos insuficientes en los países de industrialización tardía. Este documento tiene como objetivo discutir las implicaciones de esta política recomendada sobre las mujeres en la región MENA. Esta pregunta es importante porque las mujeres de la región MENA necesitan servicios sociales, ya que tienen la participación en el mercado laboral más baja del mundo y se han visto afectadas de manera desproporcionada por la pobreza durante la última década, una tendencia exacerbada durante la pandemia de COVID‐19. Basado en el trabajo de campo y utilizando fuentes tanto cualitativas como cuantitativas, este documento analiza la evidencia de dos casos de países de la región MENA, Egipto y Turquía. El documento argumenta que la provisión de bienestar social por parte de las organizaciones religiosas se queda corta a la hora de proporcionar un sustituto o una alternativa a los servicios sociales para mujeres financiados con fondos públicos y provistos universalmente porque la provisión de estos servicios es inconsistente y poco confiable y podría ser cooptada por el Gobierno. Egipto representa un caso en el que el régimen de Al‐Sisi adoptó una estrategia de confrontación hacia la Hermandad Musulmana y desmembró sus servicios, mientras que Turquía representa un caso en el que el gobierno coopta organizaciones religiosas para obtener beneficios políticos. … (more)
- Is Part Of:
- Domes. Volume 31:Number 4(2022)
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- Domes
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- Volume 31:Number 4(2022)
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- Volume 31, Issue 4 (2022)
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- 2022
- Volume:
- 31
- Issue:
- 4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2022-0031-0004-0000
- Page Start:
- 319
- Page End:
- 339
- Publication Date:
- 2022-10-04
- Subjects:
- faith‐based provision of welfare -- political economy of gender -- social services -- welfare provision -- women and welfare provision in the MENA
社会服务 -- 福利提供 -- 宗教福利提供 -- 中东和北非地区的妇女与福利提供 -- 性别政治经济学
servicios sociales -- provisión de bienestar -- provisión de bienestar basada en la fe -- mujeres y provisión de bienestar en MENA; economía política de género
Middle East -- Periodicals
Africa, North -- Periodicals
Middle East -- Book reviews -- Periodicals
Africa, North -- Book reviews -- Periodicals
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http://www.softlineweb.com/softlineweb/ethnic.htm ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1111/dome.12272 ↗
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