Neoliberalism and the Changing Face of Unionism

The Combined and Uneven Development of Class Capacities in Turkey

Efe Can Gürcan, Berk Mete (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

XIII, 164 Seiten

2018 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-83904-2 (ISBN)

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This book provides a political, economic, and sociological investigation of how neoliberalism shapes 'working class capacities,' or the power of the working class to organize and struggle for its collective interests. Efe Can Gürcan and Berk Mete discuss the global importance of the labor question as it pertains to Turkey. They apply the main theoretical framework of the combined and uneven development of class capacities to Turkish trade unionism. They also address Turkey's recent history of neoliberalization and its repercussions for class capacities, as mediated by national regulations, conservative unionism, and Islamic social assistance networks. Finally, the authors explore how neoliberalism generates intra-class fragmentation through public regulatory mechanisms and cultural differentiation in the sphere of social unionism.

Efe Can Gürcan is an instructor of Sociology and a PhD candidate in Sociology at Simon Fraser University, Canada. He has published over a dozen articles and book chapters on political economy, international development, and social movements. Berk Mete is pursuing an MSc in Sociology at Maltepe University, Turkey. His thesis concerns workers' autonomy at Kazova, a recuperated textile factory in Turkey.

1. The Increasing Relevance of the Working Class: Global Movements and the Case of Turkey.- 2. The Combined and Uneven Development of Class Capacities in Pre-Neoliberal Turkey.- 3. Turkey's Neoliberal Restructuring and Class Capacities: A Macro-Level Assessment from a Combined and Uneven Development Perspective.- 4. A Bottom-Up Approach to the Combined Development of Working Class Capacities in Turkey: Privatization, Flexibilization, and Union Responses.- 5. The Uneven Development of Working Class Capacities in Turkey: Clientelism, Paternalism, and Politics of Identity.- 6. Turkey's Social Unionism from a Combined and Uneven Development Approach: Labour Flexibility and Working Class Identities.- 7. Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.03.2022
Zusatzinfo	XIII, 164 p. 12 illus., 10 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	2404 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
Schlagworte	Labor Unions • Neoliberalism • Political Sociology • Social Movements • Sociology • Turkey
ISBN-10	3-319-83904-7 / 3319839047
ISBN-13	978-3-319-83904-2 / 9783319839042
Zustand	Neuware