Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Tables, Figures and Boxes -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Part One: TheWelfare State, LabourMarket and Gender in Turkey -- 1. Introduction: Gender, Society and theWelfare State in Turkey -- Saniye Dedeoglu and Adem Y. Elveren -- 2. The ChangingWelfare Regime of Turkey: Neoliberalism, Cultural Conservatism and Social Solidarity Redefined -- Ayşe Buğra -- 3. Understanding Gender Equality Demands in Turkey: Foundations and Boundaries of Women'sMovements -- Feride Acar and Gülbanu Altunok -- 4. The State of Female Labour in the Impasse of the NeoliberalMarket and the Patriarchal Family -- Gülay Toksöz -- 5. Gender Aspects of Income Distribution and Poverty in Turkey -- Meltem Dayıoğlu and Cem Başlevent -- 6. Housewifisation ofWomen: Contextualising Gendered Patterns of Paid and UnpaidWork -- EmelMemiş, Umut Öneş and Burça Kızılırmak -- 7. Domestic Labour andWell-Being: A Case Study of the Evlatlik Institution in Turkey -- Hande Toğrul -- Part Two: The Effects of theWelfare Reforms onWomen's Status in the EU Accession Process -- 8. Gender Equality Policies and Female Employment: The Reforms in the EU Accession Process -- Saniye Dedeoglu -- 9. The Social Security Reform andWomen in Turkey -- Mustafa Şahin -- 10. Gender and Health Sector Reform: Policies, Actions and Effects -- Tuba İ. Ağartan -- 11. Gender Gaps in the Individual Pension System in Turkey -- Şule Şahin and Adem Y. Elveren -- 12. Child and Elder Care Providers:Women in the Informal Sector -- Helga Rittersberger-Tılıç and Sibel Kalaycıoğlu -- 13. Women and Trade Unionism in Turkey: The Impact of the European Union -- Şerife Gözde Yirmibeşoğlu -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- The Contributors -- Index.