The Condition of the Working Class in Turkey

Labour under Neoliberal Authoritarianism

The Condition of the Working Class in Turkey
Cagatay Edgucan Sahin, Mehmet Erman Erol
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h215 x 135mm - 320pg
20 Sep 2021 UK
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9780745343112
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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.
' The most formative work in decades on the Turkish political economy and the devastation wrought by an authoritarian government on the country' s workers. I highly recommend this book for all those who seek to understand the emergence of widespread resistance by an increasingly militant working class in Turkey' -- Immanuel Ness, Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and author of ' Organizing Insurgency' (Pluto, 2020) ' A deep and timely analysis with an overarching narrative of the Turkish labor markets under the conditionalities of late capitalism [. . . ] An indispensable resource on the economics of labor' -- A. Erin Yeldan, Professor of Economics at Kadir Has University ' Impressively comprehensive [. . . ] The contributions not only cover the sphere of production, but equally social reproduction including the importance of unpaid labour in patriarchal capitalist structures, as well as migration as a source of cheap labour. A must-read for everyone interested in the role of Turkish labour in the crisis-ridden 21st century' -- Andreas Bieler, Professor of Political Economy, University of Nottingham
Cagatay Edgucan Sahin 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.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780745343112
Published: 20 Sep 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pluto Press
Publisher: Pluto Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 215mm
Width: 135mm
Pages: 320

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