Contesting Working-Class Politics in Turkey
Social Transformations, Islam, and the Left
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2370738 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ahmet Bekmen (0000-0003-4500-4796, Istanbul University, corresponding author), Ferit Serkan Öngel (0000-0002-1762-910X, Gaziantep University), R Hadiz (0000-0003-1223-1554, The University of Melbourne), Vedi R Hadiz |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 7-8 |
| Pages | 1025-1040 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0896920520934171 |
| OpenAlex | W3037766849 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 12 |
This article examines transition in Kocaeli, an industrial city in the north-western part of Turkey, away from left-wing politics and trade unionism in the early 1970s, and toward Islamic politics from the mid-1990s onwards. It does do by investigating the ideological, political, and social transformation of the working class. Based on fieldwork involving in-depth, semistructured interviews conducted with current and former workers and trade union leaders, the article analyzes the various aspects of, and limits to, the hegemonic relationships between workers and left-wing politics on the one hand, and with Islamic politics, on the other
Hegemony · Ideology · Islam · Left-wing politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Working class · Gender Studies · History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Turkey's Politics and Society
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 2,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |