The Formation of Peripheral Capital: Value Regimes and the Politics of Labour in Anatolia

This book engages critically with mainstream accounts of ‘Anatolian Tigers’ in contemporary Turkey. Based on her fieldwork in Çorum, Deniz explores the dynamics of medium-size businesses with a dual optic of political economy and moral economy. She demonstrates that the formation of the entrepreneurial stratum is a multifaceted process and zooms into a range of workplaces to show the entanglements of market and non-market dynamics in everyday life. This innovative work sheds original light on the role of kinship, religion and social values in shaping the everyday politics of labour. The Formation of Peripheral Capital Introduction Milestones in the Political Economy of Turkey and Path-Dependencies of Anatolian Capital Shifting Trajectories of Turkish National Identity: A Debate on Turkish Islam, Islamism and Laiklik Formation of Small and Medium-Size Capital in Çorum Narratives of Personhood: Work, Family and Enterprise Morality and Politics of Kinship in Family-Run Businesses and Workplace Community Identity Discipline, Labour Control, Management: Value Realm of Consent and Coercion Religious Arrangements of Work Hours as an Exception to Time-Discipline Conclusion Bibliography Index