Examinando por Autor "Yabanci, Bilge"

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    Civil society and autocratisation: o-optation, repression and contestation in Turkey
    (Edinburgh University Press, 2025-04) Yabanci, Bilge
    Offers a systematic account of the resilience of civil society under the pressure of autocratisation. Theorises autocratisation as a socially grounded process beyond the monopolisation and capture of formal institutions. Demonstrates how civil society -a nominally democratic and pluralistic space- both facilitates and resists autocratisation. Outlines three parallel mechanisms-cooptation, repression, and contestation-that have led to the transformation of civil society. Analyses the reasons and potential consequences of polarisation and politicisation within civil society. Connects to gender studies and diaspora studies through a special focus on civil society and interest group mobilisation regarding diaspora communities and women with political, economic and ideological ties to power-abusing incumbents This book fills a significant gap in the extensive literature on autocratisation by offering theorisation of authoritarian institutional landscapes beyond partisan and formal institutions in light of novel empirical evidence. Focusing on Turkey, one of the most cited contemporary cases of autocratisation, this book documents the multifaceted transformation of civil society through the parallel mechanisms of cooptation, repression and contestation. Despite incessant attempts at taming through repression and controlling through cooptation, 'tactful contention'-a blend of vigorous advocacy, non-violent protests, occupations, campaigns, digital activism, and democratic innovations- is non-negligible within civil society. This book offers a profound understanding of civil society's role as both a target and catalyst in autocratisation, essential for anyone interested in contemporary authoritarian trends and democratic resilience.
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    Limits of autocratisation: actors and institutions of democratic resistance and opposition
    (Routledge, 2025-03-03) Yabanci, Bilge; Akkoyunlu, Karabekir ; Öktem, Kerem
    As autocratisation gains global momentum, research on democratic resistance has expanded significantly. This introductory article to Limits of Autocratisation examines the actors, institutions, and practices that challenge, resist, or inadvertently enable autocratisation. It develops a framework for understanding opposition(s) across political, civic, and transnational dimensions. Rather than viewing autocratisation as linear, we conceptualise it as an uneven and contested process in which opposition actors navigate multiple constraints to hinder, disrupt, or potentially reverse autocratic advances. The article explores key questions guiding this volume’s case studies from countries at various stages of autocratisation: Which actors and institutions seek to limit autocratisation? What structural, institutional, and agency-related barriers do they face? How do they strategise to overcome these challenges? Rather than proposing universal solutions, we advance a nuanced theorisation of opposition(s) and resistance that accounts for structural conditions, timing, and strategic agency in shaping responses across divergent contexts. The article cautions against simplistic definitions of success or failure when theorising resistance and opposition to autocratisation, emphasising the fluid, contested, and ongoing nature of autocratisation. Ultimately, we propose a context-sensitive yet versatile framework for studying autocratisation’s limits by integrating regional contexts, interdisciplinary and comparative insights, and historical trajectories.
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    Overcoming prejudices and stigmatization towards refugees: a novel approach through deliberative citizen dialogues in Turkey
    (Oxford University Press, 2025-01-12) Yabanci, Bilge
    Can changing how refugees and asylum seekers are narrated in public debates help citizens reassess their prejudices? Which narratives would garner support from ordinary citizens and promise to generate an attitude shift? While hate speech and far-right narratives targeting forcibly displaced people, refugees and asylum seekers are reported extensively, little is known about how citizens would respond to alternative narratives that portray them as rights-bearing agents. This study uses an interdisciplinary theoretical framework that brings migration scholarship in dialogue with cognitive fields and social psychology and offers a novel participatory approach to generate data. In eight cities across Turkey, citizens were invited to deliberate three sets of 'de-stigmatizing narratives' based on (1) social solidarity, (2) collective memory of welcoming and settling refugees in the past, and (3) the injustices of exploitation that refugees encounter while earning a living. Participants were steered to discuss each narrative through (a) progressive framing (fairness, egalitarianism, and social cohesion) and (b) conservative-nationalist framing (maintenance of law, order, and identity). The findings reveal that engaging with de-stigmatizing narratives evokes affective empathy, leading to moderate, refugee-supportive attitudes among participants even in a context where anti-refugee attitudes have escalated to communal attacks targeting refugees. However, positive attitudes towards refugees display a local turn, varying by city and often after progressive frames are supported by conservative-nationalist ones. The study highlights the importance of participatory community mobilization and sub-national/local approaches to shift, counter, or replace prevailing narratives to help reduce misinformation and prejudices about refugees.