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Urban poverty in Turkey : development and modernisation in low-income communities /

"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 h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Şentürk, Burcu, 1984- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2016.
Colección:Library of modern Turkey ; 21.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 196 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-185) and index.
ISBN:1786730561
9781786730565
9781350989627
1350989622