Neoliberalism and the Changing Face of Unionism

Efe Can Gürcan is an instructor of Sociology and a PhD candidate in Sociology at Simon Fraser University, Canada. He has published over a dozen articles and book chapters on political economy, international development, and social movements. Berk Mete is pursuing an MSc in Sociology at Maltepe University, Turkey. His thesis concerns workers' autonomy at Kazova, a recuperated textile factory in Turkey.

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.