Ortadoğu ve Kuzey Afrika Ülkelerindeki Dijital Uçurumun Feminist Kurumsal İktisat Yaklaşımı İle Durum Analizi
Özet
Feminist kurumsal iktisat, toplumsal güç ve yapıların refahın dağılımındaki etkilerini toplumsal cinsiyet üzerinden ele alan, Kartezyen akıl yürütme ile şekillenen a priori iktisadi analize eleştirel bakan, feminist iktisat ve eski kurumsal iktisat geleneğinin sentezi olarak nitelenebilecek bir yaklaşımdır. Bu yaklaşımlar, bilginin toplumdaki inşasını ve dağılımını da eşitsiz güç ilişkilerinin bir ürünü olarak ele aldığından, feminist kurumsal iktisat, yapay zekâ ve dijitalleşmenin toplumsal cinsiyet ilişkilerini pekiştirip pekiştirmediğini, bilgi ve iletişim teknolojilerine erişim ve kullanımındaki eşitsizliğe odaklanan dijital uçurum kavramı üzerinden sorgulamaya uygun bir araç haline gelmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı da feminist kurumsal iktisat çerçevesinden Ortadoğu ve Kuzey Afrika ülkelerindeki (Middle East and North Africa-MENA) dijital uçurumu ortaya çıkaran koşulları, devletlerin politika uygulama ve kaynakları yönetme becerisine atıfla kullanılan devlet kapasitesi kavramı ile birlikte tartışmaktır. Çalışmanın araştırma sorusu: ‘Kadınlar için dijital uçurumu artırmada veya azaltmada devlet kapasitesinin ve kurumların rolü nedir?’ şeklinde ortaya konabilir. Bu kapsamda kullanılacak yöntem, MENA ülkelerinde kadınların dijitalleşme ve teknoloji kullanımıyla devlet kapasitesi algılarına yönelik raporların ve ilgili literatürün incelenmesiyle durum analizinin yapılmasıdır. Çalışma bulguları, MENA bölgesinde kadınların dijital uçurumdan etkilenmesinde sosyal normların etkisini ortaya koymaktadır.
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