Democratic Citizenship in Europe
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Workshop on
DEMOCRATIC CITIZENSHIP IN EUROPE
The Challenges for Industrial Relations, Trade Unions, and Migrants
Middle East Technical University
Northern Cyprus Campus
1-2 May 2008
Program
1 May, Thursday
| 08:45-09:00 | Opening & welcome |
| 09:00-10:45 | Session 1 Convenor Fikret Senses (METU) |
| The Representation of Human Rights in the EU: Between Universalism and Particularism Kursad Ertugrul (METU NCC) | |
| Greek Trade Unionism: Is it Europeanized? Dimitris Tsarouhas (METU) | |
| Collective Bargaining and the Power of Markets: Some Conclusions from Case Studies in France and Germany Jens Thoemmes (CERTOP-CNRS, University of Toulouse) | |
| 10:45-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:45 | Session 2 |
| The Productivity and Public Sector Privatisation in Europe Yılmaz Kılıçaslan (Anadolu University) and Ali Cevat Tasiran (WLRI) | |
| The Servants of the Middle Class: A Sociological Study on the Working Poor in Turkey Nadir Sugur (Anadolu University) and Serap Sugur (Anadolu University) | |
| The Experience of the London Living Wage and its Effect on Notions of Democracy and Citizenship among Marginalised Workers Howard Potter (WLRI) | |
| 12:45-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:45 | Session 3 Convenor Steve Jefferys (WLRI) |
| Possibilities and Restrictions on the Right of Work: Women in Turkey Gülay Toksöz (Ankara University) | |
| The Erosion of the Welfare State in Britain, the Feminisation of Poverty and the Role of Trade Unions Marry Davis (WLRI) | |
| Employment and Skills in Turkish Manufacturing Sector Erdogan Bakir (University of Utah) | |
| 15:45-16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00-18:15 | Session 4 |
| Local Capital-Labour Relations in Turkey in the Aftermath of the 2001 Financial Crisis Galip Yalman (METU) and Pınar Bedirhanoğlu (METU) | |
| On the Spatiality of the Post-1980 Hegemonic (Dis)order in Turkey Tarik Sengül (METU) | |
| (Un)democracy outside Europe: Disaffection with Trade Unions in China Theo Nichols (Cardiff University) | |
| A Critical View of Flexcurity John Grahl (Middlesex University |
2 May, Friday
| 09:00-10:45 | Session 5 Convenor Ali Cevat Tasiran (WLRI) |
| Intellectual Exhaustion and Mental Labour: Some Observations on the Restructuring of Higher Education in the UK Julian Saurin (METU NCC and Sussex University) | |
| Workplace Learning and Democratic Citizenship: The Changing Relationship between Union Learning and Union Organisation in the UK Sian Moore (WLRI) | |
| The Politics of Public Service and the Restructuring of State Labour Process: The Case of Education and Health Services in Turkey Gamze Yücesan Özdemir (Gazi University) | |
| 10:45-11:00 | Coffee break |
| 11:00-12:45 | Session 6 |
| Distributional Effects of the Structure of Production and Foreign Trade in Turkey Ebru Voyvoda (METU) | |
| Economic and Political Pressures behind MNC FDI in the Labour Markets of Central and Eastern Europe Steve Jefferys (WLRI) | |
| The Democratization Debate in Turkey and the Labor Movement Hakan Arslan (METU) | |
| 12:45-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-16:00 | Session 7 Convenor Galip Yalman (METU) |
| The Changing Nature of Military Industrial Complex and the Implications for Labour and the Economy in Europe J Paul Dunne (Bristol Business School) | |
| Reflections on the Credit Crunch John Grahl (Middlesex University) | |
| Discussion & Assessment |
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