Challenging the Soft Power Analysis
This article will try to challenge the concept of soft power relying upon a case study of African students coming to Turkey through the channel of the Gülen Movement, a religiously inspired social movement. Through a micro-level analysis of African students’ trajectories and experiences in the Gülen...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Association pour la Recherche sur le Moyen-Orient
2016-03-01
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Series: | European Journal of Turkish Studies |
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/ejts/5254 |
Summary: | This article will try to challenge the concept of soft power relying upon a case study of African students coming to Turkey through the channel of the Gülen Movement, a religiously inspired social movement. Through a micro-level analysis of African students’ trajectories and experiences in the Gülen Movement, I will try to show the limits of the concept of soft power as a category of analysis showing that it is not only vague, but can also be proven wrong in its theoretical grounds. |
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ISSN: | 1773-0546 |