Neoliberalism and the Changing Face of Unionism The Combined and Uneven Development of Class Capacities in Turkey

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 a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gürcan, Efe Can, Mete, Berk (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2017, 2017
Edition:1st ed. 2017
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 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