The TEKEL resistance movement: Reminiscences on class struggle

ÖZUĞURLU M.

Capital & Class, vol.35, no.2, pp.179-187, 2011 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 35 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1177/0309816811403857
  • Journal Name: Capital & Class
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.179-187
  • Keywords: neoliberal citizenship, precariousness, TEKEL workers' resistance in Turkey, working-class formations
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This study presents some theoretical considerations of the TEKEL workers' resistance movement in Turkey, focusing on four points. Those are: working-class formation in tension with identity formation; precariousness, which is examined by employing analytical distinctions between forms and modes of employment; the struggle for rights as a new pattern of class struggle; and the neoliberal citizenship regime, which implies sweeping labourers as a class away from the ‘political society’ in favour of engagement with their cultural identities. © 2011, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.