scholarly journals An Analysis on “Ch’aekkwal,” the Compilations of References for the Civil Service Exam in Joseon

2019 ◽  
Vol null (80) ◽  
pp. 297-335
Author(s):  
SIM KYUSIK
Keyword(s):  
Civil Service

New Labour and the Civil Service

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Richards
Keyword(s):  
Civil Service ◽  
New Labour

Teachers, Rural Development and the Civil Service in Thailand

Asian Survey ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 870-881 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Gurevich
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Civil Service

Compressed Identity

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 13-35
Author(s):  
H. Şule Albayrak
Keyword(s):  
Public Sphere ◽  
Civil Service ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
The Self ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
The Public ◽  
Economic Issues ◽  
Turkish State ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Depth Interviews

For decades the authoritarian secularist policies of the Turkish state, by imposing a headscarf ban at universities and in the civil service, excluded practising Muslim women from the public sphere until the reforms following 2010. However, Muslim women had continued to seek ways to increase their knowledge and improve their intellectual levels, not only as individuals, but also by establishing civil associations. As a result, a group of intellectual women has emerged who are not only educated in political, social, and economic issues, but who are also determined to attain their socio-economic and political rights. Those new actors in the Turkish public sphere are, however, concerned with being labeled as either “feminist,” “fundamentalist” or “Islamist.” This article therefore analyzes the distance between the self-identifications of intellectual Muslim women and certain classifications imposed on them. Semi-structured in-depth interviews with thirteen Turkish intellectual Muslim women were carried out which reveal that they reject and critique overly facile labels due to their negative connotations while offering more complex insights into their perspectives on Muslim women, authority, and identity.

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