Meltem Yılmaz Şener
Biographic Data
| ID | 5898197 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meltem Yılmaz Şener |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meltem Yılmaz |
| FAMILY NAME | Şener |
| SIGNATURE | SENER M Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | VID Specialized University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2333-3396 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Privacy versus intimacy
Based on 71 semi-structured, in-depth interviews conducted with Turkey-originated migrants who live in Norway, this article discusses whether and what kinds of differences Turkish migrants in Norway perceive in the notions of privacy and intimacy between the Turkish and Norwegian contexts, and the implications of this perceived difference for their social interactions in Norway. While many of them value the social recognition of the right to priv…
Called to Being Religious Muslims
This paper describes the process of religification through which assumed religious affiliation, rather than other identifications, becomes the main category of identity that Norwegian society uses to identify Turkish women living in Norway. Depending on semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 41 first-generation Turkish women migrants living in Drammen and Oslo, the paper first demonstrates the variety in religious belief, identification, and a…
The gender dimension of return for highly-skilled migrants
Although dynamics of return migration are highly gendered, gender remains as a relatively less studied dimension of return migration. Especially with regard to highly-skilled migrants, we know very little about what role gender plays in the decision-making processes related to their migration and return migration and experiences after return. This paper depends on 80 in-depth interviews with Turkish highly-skilled migrants who returned from Germa…
Perceived discrimination as a major factor behind return migration? The return of Turkish qualified migrants from the USA and Germany
This paper explains discrimination perceptions of Turkish qualified migrants who returned from Germany and the United States, and the impact of perceived discrimination on their return. It depends on in-depth interviews with 80 qualified Turkish returnees. Our findings indicate that: (i) returnees from Germany think they experienced ethnic discrimination; (ii) discrimination is a major reason behind their return; (iii) returnees from the US did n…
Return Migration of Qualified Turkish Migrants from Germany and the US
Bu çalışma, nitelikli Türk göçmenlerin Almanya ve Amerika’dan Türkiye’ye geriye göç deneyimlerine odaklanmaktadır. Geriye dönen 80 kişiyle yapılan derinlemesine görüşmelerden oluşan bu niteliksel araştırmada, bu kişilerin geriye dönme nedenleri, dönüşten sonra Türkiye’ye adaptasyonları, Almanya ve Amerika’yla devam eden bağlantıları ve tekrar göç etme niyetleri araştırılmaktadır. Mülakat analizlerine göre, geriye dönüş kararının verilmesinde, kül…
How the World Bank manages social risks
This paper aims to assess the World Bank’s social risk management approach to poverty by focusing on the implementation details of the Social Risk Mitigation Project in Turkey, a World Bank project that depends on this approach. The paper looks at the approach through the concept of neoliberal governmentality, as an attempt to produce responsible poor citizens during a period when the responsibility for providing social services is transferred to…
Turkish Academics as Neoliberal Subjects
A university is an institution that has been extensively restructured according to the market logic with the process of neoliberal globalization. As the resources for doing research are limited especially in the developing countries, the funds provided for research by institutions such as the World Bank gain importance for the academics. This article demonstrates how the academics’ experience of producing knowledge for the World Bank fosters the …
A World Bank Project Implemented by a Moderate Islamic Party
This paper presents some related processes in Turkey which have been initiated or influenced by the World Bank's execution of the Social Risk Mitigation Project (SRMP). It argues that the Justice and Development Party (AKP), as a party that redefined social assistance as charity by incorporating Islamic values with neo-liberalism, benefited from the SRMP for increasing its public support. It also demonstrates how the AKP's use of this project for…
Turkish Managers as a Part of the Transnational Capitalist Class
During the period after 1970s, capitalism has gone through a significant restructuring. This period has been primarily characterized by the process of globalization. Globalization has not emerged as the natural result of capitalism but it has been actively promoted and the appropriate conditions for the functioning of global capitalism have been created by certain actors. Many scholars argue that it is a newly emerging transnational capitalist cl…
Perceived discrimination as a major factor behind return migration? The return of Turkish qualified migrants from the USA and Germany
This paper explains discrimination perceptions of Turkish qualified migrants who returned from Germany and the United States, and the impact of perceived discrimination on their return. It depends on in-depth interviews with 80 qualified Turkish returnees. Our findings indicate that: (i) returnees from Germany think they experienced ethnic discrimination; (ii) discrimination is a major reason behind their return; (iii) returnees from the US did n…
Turkish Managers as a Part of the Transnational Capitalist Class
During the period after 1970s, capitalism has gone through a significant restructuring. This period has been primarily characterized by the process of globalization. Globalization has not emerged as the natural result of capitalism but it has been actively promoted and the appropriate conditions for the functioning of global capitalism have been created by certain actors. Many scholars argue that it is a newly emerging transnational capitalist cl…
How the World Bank manages social risks
This paper aims to assess the World Bank’s social risk management approach to poverty by focusing on the implementation details of the Social Risk Mitigation Project in Turkey, a World Bank project that depends on this approach. The paper looks at the approach through the concept of neoliberal governmentality, as an attempt to produce responsible poor citizens during a period when the responsibility for providing social services is transferred to…
Turkish Managers as a Part of the Transnational Capitalist Class
During the period after 1970s, capitalism has gone through a significant restructuring. This period has been primarily characterized by the process of globalization. Globalization has not emerged as the natural result of capitalism but it has been actively promoted and the appropriate conditions for the functioning of global capitalism have been created by certain actors. Many scholars argue that it is a newly emerging transnational capitalist cl…
Turkish Academics as Neoliberal Subjects
A university is an institution that has been extensively restructured according to the market logic with the process of neoliberal globalization. As the resources for doing research are limited especially in the developing countries, the funds provided for research by institutions such as the World Bank gain importance for the academics. This article demonstrates how the academics’ experience of producing knowledge for the World Bank fosters the …
A World Bank Project Implemented by a Moderate Islamic Party
This paper presents some related processes in Turkey which have been initiated or influenced by the World Bank's execution of the Social Risk Mitigation Project (SRMP). It argues that the Justice and Development Party (AKP), as a party that redefined social assistance as charity by incorporating Islamic values with neo-liberalism, benefited from the SRMP for increasing its public support. It also demonstrates how the AKP's use of this project for…
How the World Bank manages social risks
This paper aims to assess the World Bank’s social risk management approach to poverty by focusing on the implementation details of the Social Risk Mitigation Project in Turkey, a World Bank project that depends on this approach. The paper looks at the approach through the concept of neoliberal governmentality, as an attempt to produce responsible poor citizens during a period when the responsibility for providing social services is transferred to…
Return Migration of Qualified Turkish Migrants from Germany and the US
Bu çalışma, nitelikli Türk göçmenlerin Almanya ve Amerika’dan Türkiye’ye geriye göç deneyimlerine odaklanmaktadır. Geriye dönen 80 kişiyle yapılan derinlemesine görüşmelerden oluşan bu niteliksel araştırmada, bu kişilerin geriye dönme nedenleri, dönüşten sonra Türkiye’ye adaptasyonları, Almanya ve Amerika’yla devam eden bağlantıları ve tekrar göç etme niyetleri araştırılmaktadır. Mülakat analizlerine göre, geriye dönüş kararının verilmesinde, kül…
Perceived discrimination as a major factor behind return migration? The return of Turkish qualified migrants from the USA and Germany
This paper explains discrimination perceptions of Turkish qualified migrants who returned from Germany and the United States, and the impact of perceived discrimination on their return. It depends on in-depth interviews with 80 qualified Turkish returnees. Our findings indicate that: (i) returnees from Germany think they experienced ethnic discrimination; (ii) discrimination is a major reason behind their return; (iii) returnees from the US did n…
The gender dimension of return for highly-skilled migrants
Although dynamics of return migration are highly gendered, gender remains as a relatively less studied dimension of return migration. Especially with regard to highly-skilled migrants, we know very little about what role gender plays in the decision-making processes related to their migration and return migration and experiences after return. This paper depends on 80 in-depth interviews with Turkish highly-skilled migrants who returned from Germa…
Called to Being Religious Muslims
This paper describes the process of religification through which assumed religious affiliation, rather than other identifications, becomes the main category of identity that Norwegian society uses to identify Turkish women living in Norway. Depending on semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 41 first-generation Turkish women migrants living in Drammen and Oslo, the paper first demonstrates the variety in religious belief, identification, and a…
Privacy versus intimacy
Based on 71 semi-structured, in-depth interviews conducted with Turkey-originated migrants who live in Norway, this article discusses whether and what kinds of differences Turkish migrants in Norway perceive in the notions of privacy and intimacy between the Turkish and Norwegian contexts, and the implications of this perceived difference for their social interactions in Norway. While many of them value the social recognition of the right to priv…
Sociology (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Turkish (6 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Politics (3 works)