The Female-Dominated Period in Italian Politics in the Context of the Hegemonic Feminist Epistemic Approach

Year 2025, Volume: 20 Issue: 64, 628 - 648, 27.07.2025

Buket Ökten Sipahioğlu

https://doi.org/10.14783/maruoneri.1648766

Abstract

This study focuses on the counter-hegemonic feminist approach to examine the breaking of the tradition of male-dominated leadership in politics. To understand the break in the mentioned tradition, the leadership cycle in Italy, one of the founding member states of the European Union (EU) comes across as a critical case. The appointment of Meloni in 2022, the first female prime minister in history of Italy is a breaking point for Italian politics. It is important to evaluate descriptive representation in Italian politics in the context of feminist epistemic justice. On the other hand, it is not correct to predict that women leaders will conduct politics with a purely feminist approach. Meloni's attitude away from a feminist approach has been attracting attention since she took office, and it seems that she has stayed away from a style that positively discriminates against women. The study, with literature review method also uses dicourse analysis to link the example of Italy with epistemic justice in women's representation.

Keywords

Italy , Gender , Politics , Hegemonic Feminist Approach

Hegemonik Feminist Epistemik Yaklaşım Bağlamında İtalya Siyasetinde Kadın Egemen Dönem

Abstract

Bu çalışma, siyasette erkek egemen liderlik geleneğinin kırılmasını incelemek için karşı hegemonik feminist yaklaşıma odaklanmaktadır. Bahsi geçen geleneğin kırılmasını anlamak için Avrupa Birliği'nin (AB) kurucu üye ülkelerinden biri olan İtalya'daki liderlik döngüsü kritik bir durum olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır. İtalya tarihinde ilk kadın başbakan olan Meloni'nin 2022'de atanması, İtalyan siyaseti için bir kırılma noktasıdır. İtalyan siyasetindeki betimsel temsili feminist epistemik adalet bağlamında değerlendirmek önemlidir. Öte yandan kadın liderlerin tamamen feminist bir yaklaşımla siyaset yapacaklarını öngörmek doğru değildir. Öyle ki Meloni'nin feminist bir yaklaşımdan uzak duruşu göreve geldiğinden beri dikkat çekmekte ve kadına karşı olumlu ayrımcılık yapan bir tarzdan uzak durduğu görülmektedir. Çalışmada, epistemik mücadele Meloni üzerinden detaylandırılmaktadır. Literatür taraması yöntemiyle yapılan çalışma, İtalya örneğini kadınların temsilinde epistemik adaletle ilişkilendirmek için söylem analizine de yer vermektedir.

Keywords

İtalya , Toplumsal Cinsiyet , Siyaset , Hegemonik Feminist Yaklaşım

Ethical Statement

Makalede etik kurul kararı gerektirecek bir araştırma şekli bulunmamaktadır.

Supporting Institution

Çalışma için herhangi bir finansal destek alınmamıştır.

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