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Episode: The Muslim Social
Pub date: 2024-03-06

This episode features Gizem Zencirci, Associate Professor of Political Science and her new book: The Muslim Social: Neoliberalism, Charity, and Poverty in Turkey published by Syracuse University Press. In this book, she explains how Turkey’s ruling party and other Turkish actors have melded modern neo-liberal reforms and traditional understandings of Islamic charity to create a form of public welfare provision that she calls the “Muslim social.” We discuss her new book and its intriguing argument.

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