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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doaj-57f52aa15a574e5dbddc8476db5ab9932021-02-09T13:42:45ZengAssociation pour la Recherche sur le Moyen-OrientEuropean Journal of Turkish Studies1773-05462016-03-012110.4000/ejts.5254Challenging the Soft Power AnalysisGabrielle Angey-SentucThis 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.http://journals.openedition.org/ejts/5254educationTurkeySub-Saharan AfricaGülen MovementSoft Power |
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Challenging the Soft Power Analysis |
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Association pour la Recherche sur le Moyen-Orient |
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European Journal of Turkish Studies |
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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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