Condition of the Working Class in Turkey

Labour under Neoliberal Authoritarianism

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

AvÇağatay Edgücan Şahin,Mehmet Erman Erol

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Decades of neoliberal authoritarianism have propelled Turkey into crisis. Regime change, economic disaster and Erdogan’s ambition to impose ‘one-man rule’ have shaken the foundations of Turkish political life, but what does this mean for workers?Moving beyond the headlines and personalities, this book uncovers the real condition of the working class in modern Turkey. Combining field research and in-depth interviews, it offers cutting-edge analyses of workplace struggles, trade unionism, the AKP’s relationship with neoliberalism, migration, gender, agrarian change and precarity, as well as the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on workers.Bringing together Turkish activists and scholars, this book is an inside look at the dynamics and contradictions of working-class resistance against Turkey’s neoliberal authoritarian regime; from worker self-management to organised labour and rural struggles.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2021-09-20
Mått135 x 215 x 22 mm
Vikt556 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagPluto Press
ISBN9780745343129

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Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
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Ekonomisk politik inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Çağatay Edgücan Şahin is an Associate Professor of Labour Economics at the University of Ordu, Turkey. He has published various books including Human Capital and Human Resources: A Critical Approach (2011).Mehmet Erman Erol is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Cambridge, UK. He has contributed to journals and books on Turkish & Middle East political economy and labour market restructuring.

List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction - Mehmet Erman Erol and Çağatay Edgücan ŞahinPART I: RESTRUCTURINGNeoliberal Restructuring of Labour and the State: From Military Dictatorship to the AKP Era1. Not-So-Strange Bedfellows: Neoliberalism and the AKP in Turkey - Mehmet Erman Erol2. Turkey’s Labour Markets Under Neoliberalism: An Overview - Kerem Gökten3. Commodification and Changing Labour in Turkey: The Working Class in the Public Sector - Koray R. Yılmaz4. Neoliberal Transformation of Turkey’s Health Sector and its Effects on the Health Labour Force - Sebiha KablayGender, Migration and Rural Aspects of Neoliberal Restructuring5. Between Neoliberalism and Conservatism: Recent Developments and New Agendas in Female Labour Policies in Turkey - Demet Özmen Yılmaz6. The Making of the Rural Proletariat in Neoliberal Turkey - Coşku Çelik7. Burden or a Saviour at a Time of Economic Crisis? AKP’s ‘Open-Door Migration Policy’ and its Impact on Labour Market Restructuring in Turkey - Ertan ErolPART II: CONTAINMENT8. Social Assistance as a Non-Wage Income for the Poor in Turkey: Work and Subsistence Patterns of Social Assistance Recipient Households - Denizcan Kutlu9. A View of Precarisation from Turkey: Urban-Rural Dynamics and Intergenerational Precarity - Elif Hacısalihoğlu10. When the Law is Not Enough: ‘Work Accidents’, Profit Maximisation and the Unwritten Rules of Workers’ Health and Safety in New Turkey - Murat Özveri11. Are We All in the Same Boat? Covid-19 and the Working Class in Turkey - Yeliz Sarıöz GöktenPART III: RESISTANCE12. Reconsidering Workers’ Self-Management in Turkey: From Resistance to Workers’ Self-Management Possibilities/Constraints - Berna Güler and Erhan Acar13. Organised Workers’ Struggles Under Neoliberalism: Unions, Capital and the State in Turkey - Çağatay Edgücan ŞahinNotes Contributors Index