Living in endemic insecurity: An analysis of Turkey’s labour market in the 2000s
Living in endemic insecurity: An analysis of Turkey’s labour market in the 2000s

Summary/Abstract: We support the view that the years since 1980 have shown a restructuring of the labour market towards the notion of ‘flexibility’, achieved through the informalisation of the market and by a minimisation of the salaries and rights of waged workers in the formal industry sector. To conclude, it is clear that workers' rights, labour regulation, democratic organisations and a quality of life for workers are not compatible with the coercive imperatives of the capitalist labour market in the 2000s. All in all, workers in Turkey face the unregulated and uncushioned effects of social policy and the labour market. Living in endemic insecurity separates the workforce from a kind of identity and the autonomy that would be capable of building new strategies to deal with class struggle and alienation, and, as a result, social exclusion, political indifference and individualised survival strategies are likely to be the outcome for the majority of the population.

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