Crisis, Common Sense, and Boredom: A Critique of Neoliberal Hegemony in Turkey

Fırat, Begüm Özden

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“…Since the late 1990s, the commons frame has been used by counter-globalization movements opposing neoliberal policies of privatization and free trade (185)(186)(187)(188). This is not the first time that movements have relied on a community discourse.…”

Section: Movements Against Neoliberal Policies Build On and Promote The Commons Frame As A New Policy Paradigmmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The commons frame shares an interest in community-based production with the CBNRM frame, which is linked to demands for autonomy and social rights (187,188). Additionally, the commons frame envisions the commons as a way to "unite active politics with environmental concerns, urban movements with rural resistance, local struggles with global politics" 190, p. 13).…”

Section: Movements Against Neoliberal Policies Build On and Promote The Commons Frame As A New Policy Paradigmmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Commons Movements: Old and New Trends in Rural and Urban Contexts

Villamayor-Tomás

García-López

2021

Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour.

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Over the past few years, studies in political ecology and environmental justice have been increasingly connecting the commons and social movements empirically, giving shape to a new, distinctive body of research on commons movements. In our review, we first organize and synthesize empirical lessons from this body of literature. We then highlight recent theoretical efforts made by scholars to both bridge and transcend the gap between the theory of the commons and social movement theory. As we illustrate, movements can help create and strengthen commons institutions and discourses, as well as rescale them horizontally and vertically. This is particularly evident in the context of rural community-rights movements in the global South, as well as in new water and food commons movements and community-energy movements in both the global South and North. Commons institutions, in turn, can serve as the basis of social mobilization and become a key frame for social movements, as shown in the context of local environmental justice and livelihoods conflicts and anti-privatization struggles. Tensions and contradictions of commons-movement dynamics also exist and reflect trade-offs between diversity versus uniformization and organizational closure versus expansion of discourses and practices. Theoretically, there is an opportunity to cross boundaries from the theory of the commons to social movement theory and vice versa, e.g., by highlighting the role of political opportunities and framing, and biophysical factors and polycentricity, respectively. More importantly, a new commons movements theory is emerging focusing on cross-scalar organizations, the virtuous cycles between commons projects and mobilization, and the processes of commons-making. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Volume 46 is October 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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Section: Movements Against Neoliberal Policies Build On and Promote The Commons Frame As A New Policy Paradigmmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Movements Against Neoliberal Policies Build On and Promote The Commons Frame As A New Policy Paradigmmentioning

confidence: 99%

Commons Movements: Old and New Trends in Rural and Urban Contexts

Villamayor-Tomás

García-López

2021

Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour.

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Worker silence in a turbulent neoliberal context: The case of mass privatisation of sugar factories in Turkey

Erbil

Özbilgin

2023

Human Res Mgmt Journal

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Silence in the context of work has different meanings across different settings. Turbulence induced by the privatisation of previously state‐owned enterprises presents a curious setting to explore worker silence. Turning to worker silence in the process of mass privatisation of sugar factories in Turkey, we examine why workers remained silent while resenting privatisation. We reflect on the experiences and perceptions of workers in the privatisation of sugar factories in an unregulated neoliberal country, where macro‐national and meso‐institutional mechanisms enforce worker silence Drawing on 48 interviews with workers from sugar factories, we demonstrate that worker silence deepened in the process of privatisation. The study provides evidence that an unregulated form of neoliberalism worsens worker silence through three distinct mechanisms: dismissal of democratic demands, marketisation of everything and decline of solidarity. We extend these mechanisms with 13 different corresponding forms.

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Crisis, Common Sense, and Boredom: A Critique of Neoliberal Hegemony in Turkey

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Commons Movements: Old and New Trends in Rural and Urban Contexts

Commons Movements: Old and New Trends in Rural and Urban Contexts

Worker silence in a turbulent neoliberal context: The case of mass privatisation of sugar factories in Turkey

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