The Condition of the Working Class in Turkey: Labour under Neoliberal Authoritarianism - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0745343120 ISBN 13: 9780745343129

Publisher: Pluto Press, 2021

Synopsis

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.

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About the Authors

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0745343120
• ISBN 13: 9780745343129
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Edgücan Şahin Çağatay, Erman Erol Mehmet