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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Main Author:	Gabrielle Angey-Sentuc
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Association pour la Recherche sur le Moyen-Orient 2016-03-01
Series:	European Journal of Turkish Studies
Subjects:	education Turkey Sub-Saharan Africa Gülen Movement Soft Power
Online Access:	http://journals.openedition.org/ejts/5254

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description	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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Challenging the Soft Power Analysis

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