Institutions and Individuals: Social Policies in Contemporary Turkey
International Series on Public Policy, Palgrave Macmillan, ss.137-157, 2021
- Yayın Türü: Kitapta Bölüm / Araştırma Kitabı
- Basım Tarihi: 2021
- Doi Numarası: 10.1007/978-3-030-57753-7_7
- Yayınevi: Palgrave Macmillan
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.137-157
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Demographic trends, Institutions, Social policy, Turkey, Welfare distribution
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This chapter analyses the roles of four main institutions—namely the family, the state, the market, and non-governmental actors—in social welfare distribution shaped by the intersections of age, ethnicity, class, and gender relations in Turkey. Based on a nation-wide dataset, this chapter examines the effects of different welfare actors on welfare distribution and citizens’ levels of satisfaction with social policies. This study shows, first, that four main institutions determine the distribution of welfare, and second, that there are more generous social policies for the elderly, children, and men, than there are for young people, women, and the Romany. Even though important reforms aimed at achieving an advanced social policy strategy in the 2000s, social, economic, and demographic risks necessitate a more sustainable social welfare strategy in Turkey.