Background
Arat, Zehra Fatma was born in 1956 in Turkey. Came to the United States, 1980. Daughter of Niyazi and Lütfiye Kabasakal.
(A unique blend of theoretical insight and empirical rigor...)
A unique blend of theoretical insight and empirical rigor sets this book apart from similar studies on the subject.-Journal of Third World Studies"Both radical and convincingly well-informed."-Austrian Journal of Political Science"Arat offers a study (whose like is rare in the social sciences) that is genuinely global, theoretically well-grounded and diverse, empirically well-developed, and directly policy-relevent under specified conditions."-Choice
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Arat, Zehra Fatma was born in 1956 in Turkey. Came to the United States, 1980. Daughter of Niyazi and Lütfiye Kabasakal.
Bachelor in Political Science, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1979. Master of Arts in Political Science, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1983. Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1985.
Research and teaching assistant State University of New York, Binghamton, 1980-1982. Research consultant Office of Medicaid New York State, Albany, 1983. Graduate assistant Central Administration State University of New York, 1983-1984.
Assistant professor political science Iona College, New Rochelle, New York, 1984-1989. Assistant professor political science and women studies State University of New York, Purchase, 1989-1993, associate professor political science and women studies, since 1993. Research consultant Office of Medicaid New York State, Albany, 1983.
(A unique blend of theoretical insight and empirical rigor...)
Member collective Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Arts and Politics, New York City, since 1992. Member American Political Science Association, Association for Advancement of Policy Research and Development in Third World (executive board directors 1990-1993), Northeastern Political Science Association (Pi Sigma Alpha Best Paper award 1988, executive council 1989-1990), International Political Science Association (award for second best paper 1988).
Married Serdar Ömer Arat, August 1, 1980. 1 child, Hasan-Canada.