Families Positionings towards Family Policies and Discourses
摘要
This chapter examines how concrete families relate to the AK Party government’s discourse and policies on the family. Fieldwork reveals that older generations, regardless of political orientation, often articulate views that closely mirror the AK Party’s family discourse—particularly regarding the importance of the family, moralized concerns about its perceived decline, and idealized notions of its proper form. These convergences reflect a shared “family-dicy,” a symbolic framework that legitimizes existing family norms and sustains doxa and illusio within the family field. However, this overlap dissolves when discussions shift from abstract values to explicit government policies. Families that initially express ideas aligned with AK Party discourse frequently react with anger or rejection when asked directly about the party’s family policies, even when unaware of their specific content. While opposition voters express these criticisms more sharply, similar patterns—albeit more muted—also appear among AK Party supporters. Issues such as population growth policies, the three-child discourse, women’s employment, violence against women, and the Istanbul Convention reveal significant divergences between familial perspectives and governmental positions. Overall, the chapter demonstrates that although older generations share symbolic understandings that resonate with AK Party narratives, these commonalities do not translate into political endorsement, highlighting the complex and often contradictory relationship between family discourse and state policy.