Neoliberalism and the changing face of unionism : the combined and uneven development of class capacities in Turkey /: the combined and uneven development of class capacities in Turkey. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Efe Can Gürcan, Berk Mete.
• Authors: Gürcan, Efe Can
• Contents: Abbreviations; List of Figures; Chapter 1: The Increasing Relevance of the Working Class: Global Movements and the Case of Turkey; Introduction; Outline of the Book; The Global Awakening of the Working Class After the 2007-2008 Crisis; Popular Unrest and the Relevance of the Working Class in Turkey; Review and Discussion; Note; References; Chapter 2: The Combined and Uneven Development of Class Capacities in Pre-Neoliberal Turkey; Introduction; Trotsky's Theory of Combined and Uneven Development: Assessing Class Capacities in Early Twentieth Century Russia. Combined and Uneven Development of Structural Class Capacities: Turkey from the Late Nineteenth Century to the Twentieth CenturyCombined and Uneven Development of Organizational Class Capacities in the Late Ottoman and Early Republican Turkey; Review and Discussion; References; Chapter 3: Turkey's Neoliberal Restructuring and Class Capacities: A Macro-Level Assessment from a Combined and Uneven Development Perspective; Introduction; Crisis of the Import Substitution Model and Turkey's Transition to Neoliberalism: A Historical Account. Trade Liberalization and Class Capacities in the Aftermath of the 1980 Military CoupFinancial Liberalization, Privatization, and Decreasing Class Capacities in the Neoliberal Era; Flexibilization of Labour Markets, Neoliberal Social Policies, and Class Capacities; Review and Discussion; References; Chapter 4: A Bottom-Up Approach to the Combined Development of Working-Class Capacities in Turkey: Privatization, Flexibilization, and Union Responses; Introduction; Political Repression, Privatization, and De-Unionization in the Neoliberal Era. Flexibilization of Labour Relations, Privatization, and Union ResponsesReview and Discussion; Reference; Chapter 5: The Uneven Development of Working-Class Capacities in Turkey: Clientelism, Paternalism, and Politics of Identity; Introduction; The Colonization of Trade Unions Under the AKP Regime: Contextualizing Clientelism and Paternalism in Turkey's Union Relations; Politics of Identity and the Undermining of Organizational Class Capacities in Turkey: The Role of Islamo-Conservatism and Kurdish Nationalism; Review and Discussion; References. Chapter 6: Turkey's Social Unionism from a Combined and Uneven Development Approach: Labour Flexibility and Working-Class IdentitiesIntroduction; The Combined Development of Class Capacities in Social Unionism: Labour Flexibilization and Neoliberal Agriculture in Context; The Uneven Development of Class Capacities and Challenges of Social Unionism; Review and Discussion; References; Chapter 7: Conclusion; Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (173 pages)
• Subjects: 331.8809561; Labor unions -- Turkey; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Reference; Labor unions; Turkey; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319482842
• Related ISBNs: 331948284X; 3319482831; 9783319482835
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 28, 2017).
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