Negotiating State Provision

State-Citizen Encounters in the Aftermath of the İzmit Earthquake

Bibliographic Data

ID2277265
AuthorsElif Kale-Lostuvalı (University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume48
Issue4
Pages745-767
Publication date2007-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociological Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0253 • E-ISSN: 1533-8525
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1533-8525.2007.00099.x
OpenAlexW2147258471
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited46

The İzmit Earthquake (August 17, 1999) was the most destructive disaster in the history of the Turkish Republic and a major trial for the Turkish state. This article draws on the sociological literature on social citizenship and welfare states to examine the state provision process that followed the disaster. On the basis of ethnographic data collected in the aftermath of the earthquake, I describe how state provision was shaped by the everyday encounters between state agents and survivors, and uncover the cultural repertoire employed in these encounters. I argue that state provision in Turkey is governed by the paternalistic state discourse. I then discuss the historical roots and implications of this finding

Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science) · Computer Science · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Political Conflict and Governance · Public Administration · Turkey's Politics and Society

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