Anti-gender Normativity and Advocacy in Turkey – Making a Case for Practice Diffusion
Abstract
This article offers a practice-oriented perspective on the near-simultaneous rise of anti-genderism in the post-2010 context. Using the Turkish case, it argues that normative isomorphism across different locales is not always the result of recent norm diffusion; their simultaneous and isomorphic emergence can be attributed to the diffusion of practices that enact pre-existing normative frameworks. Empirically speaking, this would mean re-reading the rise of anti-genderism as also a process of practice diffusion, no doubt, within the broader context of the growing influence of right-wing populism and illiberalism. The research suggests focusing on the diffusion of practices rather than norms per se, allowing for a more nuanced understanding of global normative similarities and claims of globality.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Turkey's Politics and Society
Gender Politics and Representation
Gender
Security
and Conflict
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Global Society
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 463–486
- Publication date
- 11 February 2026
- Language
- EN