The TEKEL resistance movement: Reminiscences on class struggle

ÖZUĞURLU M.

Capital & Class, cilt.35, sa.2, ss.179-187, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 35 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1177/0309816811403857
  • Dergi Adı: Capital & Class
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.179-187
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: neoliberal citizenship, precariousness, TEKEL workers' resistance in Turkey, working-class formations
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

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.