Pinar E. Dönmez
Against austerity and repression: Historical and contemporary manifestations of progressive politicisation in Turkey
Dönmez, Pinar E.
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Abstract
This paper aims to explore the growing and deepening trend of politics of repression coupled with prolonged crisis and austerity politics, reflecting on the potentials as well as limitations of progressive politics in such a constrained context. Austerity policies continue pushing for anti-labour and reactionary politics in a variety of forms reflecting the unresolved crisis conditions of contemporary capitalism. While the liberal democratic state-form remains relatively intact in particular contexts, in others, it gradually evolves into repressive forms. The growing repression risks conceiving the anti-authoritarian struggles and the anti-capitalist and labour movements separate and/or mutually exclusive. This review article draws on the recent insights of (de)politicization, labour geography and history and political economy scholarships with specific reference to the case of Turkey while cautioning against the binary thinking of ‘success’ and ‘failure’ in leftist and labour mobilisations. It proposes a historical perspective in order to appreciate the diversity and multiplicity of struggles against the intersecting nodes of austerity, capitalism and repression in the complex geographies of periphery.
Journal Article Type | Review |
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Acceptance Date | Mar 30, 2020 |
Online Publication Date | May 6, 2020 |
Publication Date | May 1, 2021 |
Deposit Date | Apr 30, 2020 |
Publicly Available Date | May 1, 2020 |
Journal | Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space |
Print ISSN | 2399-6544 |
Electronic ISSN | 2399-6552 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 39 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 512-535 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/2399654420920291 |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/4254120 |
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