Women Entrepreneurship in Turkey: Construction of Gender Identities and Practices

Mainstream research often promotes women’s entrepreneurship as an effective solution to women's subordination at home and in the workplace whereas recent feminist and critical research questions the desirability of entrepreneurship for women and its potential for empowerment. This study adopts a critical approach to understanding how gender affects entrepreneurship, how the latter changes gender identity, and the consequences for gender equality and social change. Given the diversity and inheren