Labour markets, labour relations and the state: a comparative – historical analysis of Argentina and Turkey, 2001-2015

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Tezin Türü: Doktora

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi, Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü, Türkiye

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2017

Öğrenci: SÜMERCAN BOZKURT GÜNGEN

Danışman: OSMAN GALİP YALMAN

Özet:

Argentina and Turkey witnessed in 2001 the most devastating economic crises in their recent histories. The post-crisis restructuring processes in these two countries implied important differences in terms of labour policy agendas in particular and development strategies in general. This thesis provides a historically-grounded, comparative analysis of the two post-crisis trajectories from a labour-centred perspective. It critically evaluates various perspectives in labour studies and puts forward an alternative conceptual and analytical framework for the analysis of labour policies in contemporary capitalist societies. It also locates labour policy configurations in Argentina and Turkey between 2001 and 2015 within broader political economic contexts through engaging in dialogue with two ongoing debates, on ‘neo-developmentalism’ and ‘authoritarian neoliberalism’. The study thereby seeks to contribute to the attempts for understanding the variations, transformations and limits of neoliberal labour policy agendas.