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The Watch Movement: Searching Justice for Workers and its Families
- Author(s):
- Ayse Cavdar (see profile)
- Date:
- 2014
- Subject(s):
- Communication, Labor, History, Mass media--Study and teaching, Politics and government
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Communication, media studies, Turkey, Work Place Accidents, Communications, Labor history, Media studies, Politics
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6V53R
- Abstract:
- regulations for the workers’ safety, the inspection responsibilities as well as the authority of the state in the workplace have been privatized. Therefore, a group of families who lost their relatives in workplace accidents started a movement (the Watch for Conscience and Justice) requesting the public to monitor accidents and related legal regulations. Thanks to their persistent protests, workplace accidents are started to be reframed (at least in popular cases) by not only the authorities but also by the public conscience. Although mainstream media ignore these incidents unless death tolls are relatively high, these families could form a counterpublic to discuss workplace safety. Analyzing this case, I argue that the formation of counterpublic is indispensable to construct social consensus and to challenge the state’s neo-liberal policies.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 6 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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