Working Class Formation in Turkey, 1946-1962

Work, Culture, and the Politics of the Everyday

Barış Alp Özden (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

294 Seiten

2024
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80539-273-6 (ISBN)

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The political identities of the Turkish working class began a transformative journey that started during a period of industrialization following World War II and continued until the military interventions of 1960. Working Class Formation in Turkey addresses common, structural generalizations to recover the complex history of developing political, recreational, familial, residential, and work-related lives of Turkish workers. Drawing on a wide range of historical sources, this volume brings the concept of “everydayness” to the fore and uncovers the local contexts that fostered class solidarity, examines labor practices that fueled radicalism, and analyzes the shifting dynamics of industrial discipline that impacted working class identity and culture.

Barış Alp Özden is a visiting scholar at the Institute of Turkish Studies at Duisburg-Essen University. He earned his PhD in Turkish History from the Atatürk Institute at Boğaziçi University with a strong inter-disciplinary orientation. He additionally served as the chief editor of the monthly magazine Toplumsal Tarih (Social History) between 2018 and 2020.

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Introduction

Chapter 1. Working Class and The City

Urbanization and the Housing Problem

Housing Policy for Workers

Construction of Working Class Housing as a Social and Moral Question

Housing Policy under DP Rule

Some Aspects of Everyday Life in Working Class Districts

The Meaning of Home for Workers

Conclusion

Chapter 2. Working-Class Leisure

Cinema

Football

The Coffeehouse

Concluding Remarks

Chapter 3. The Changing Organization of Production and Modes of Control, and The Workers’ Response: The Example of Turkey’s Textile Industry

Development of Turkey’s Textile Industry

The Labor Force

Organizing Production: Labor Discipline and Scientific Management in Mills

Mahmutpaşa Weavers: Working in Small-Scale Production

Scientific Management in Mensucat Santral and the Workers’ Response

Conclusion

Chapter 4. Law, Labor Process, and Working-Class Experience

Internal Regulations

Labor Inspections

Collective Labor Disputes and Conciliation/Arbitration Mechanisms

Conclusion

Chapter 5. Working-Class Language, Identity, and Politics

Language of Class: Transformation of a Concept

Working-Class Collective Action: Strikes

Institutions and Ideological Influences

Institutionalization of Trade Unions and Working-Class Politics

Conclusion

Conclusion

Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	10.01.2024
Reihe/Serie	New Directions in Turkish Studies
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
ISBN-10	1-80539-273-5 / 1805392735
ISBN-13	978-1-80539-273-6 / 9781805392736
Zustand	Neuware