Urban poverty in Turkey : development and modernisation in low-income communities / Burcu?Sent?urk.

By:

Şentürk, Burcu, 1984- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Library of modern Turkey ; 21.Publisher: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resource (xii, 196 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

1786730561
9781786730565
9781350989627
1350989622

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

362.509561091732 23

LOC classification:

HV4131.93.A5 S46 2016eb

Online resources:

Click here to access online

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Introduction; 1. A Female Researcher in a Gecekondu Neighbourhood; 2. Internal Migration and Gecekondu Communities in Turkey; 3. Building a Gecekondu Neighbourhood, Community and Identity; 4. Urban Reforms in Ege; 5. Dissolving of the Community; 6. A Society in Transition; Conclusion; Abbreviations; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography.

Summary: "Gecekondu settlements-or shanty towns-in large Turkish cities are mostly populated by low-income families, many of which have migrated from the villages of Central Anatolia. The rise of the Islamist party AKP in the 1990s and 2000s had a large impact on how these gecekondus are examined, and how they are perceived to reflect key issues at play in Turkish society: welfare, local identity, religious communities and the rise of civil society. Having lived in one of these neighbourhoods in Ankara, Burcu Şentürk's book sheds light on the experience of gecekondu dwelling in Turkey. By focusing on this aspect, she brings to the fore issues such as urbanisation, modernisation and development, as well as examining the impact these kinds of phenomena have on generation gaps and the role of women in Turkish society. By using the framework of the experience of three generations of gecekondu dwellers, Şentürk is able to chart the emergence, development and the gradual breakdown of social relations, and how the dynamics of these have changed during the course of the latter half of the twentieth century."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Item type:

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Electronic-Books	OPJGU Sonepat- Campus	E-Books EBSCO			Available

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-185) and index.

Print version record.

"Gecekondu settlements-or shanty towns-in large Turkish cities are mostly populated by low-income families, many of which have migrated from the villages of Central Anatolia. The rise of the Islamist party AKP in the 1990s and 2000s had a large impact on how these gecekondus are examined, and how they are perceived to reflect key issues at play in Turkish society: welfare, local identity, religious communities and the rise of civil society. Having lived in one of these neighbourhoods in Ankara, Burcu Şentürk's book sheds light on the experience of gecekondu dwelling in Turkey. By focusing on this aspect, she brings to the fore issues such as urbanisation, modernisation and development, as well as examining the impact these kinds of phenomena have on generation gaps and the role of women in Turkish society. By using the framework of the experience of three generations of gecekondu dwellers, Şentürk is able to chart the emergence, development and the gradual breakdown of social relations, and how the dynamics of these have changed during the course of the latter half of the twentieth century."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily.

eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.