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METU Economic Research and Working Lives Research Institute
Workshop on
Democratic Citizenship in Europe:
The Challenges for Industrial Relations, Trade Unions, and Migrants
Conference and Convention Center, Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus
1 MAY, THURSDAY
08:45-09:00 Opening & welcome
Session 1: 09:00-10:45
Convenor Fikret Şenses (METU)
The Representation of Human Rights in the EU: Between Universalism and Particularism
Kürşad Ertuğrul (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
Session 2: 11:00-12:45
The Productivity and Public Sector Privatisation in Europe
Ali Cevat Taşıran (WLRI) and Yılmaz Kılıçaslan (Anadolu University)
The Servants of the Middle Class: A Sociological Study on the Working Poor in Turkey
Nadir Suğur (Anadolu University) and Serap Suğur (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 (Sardunya Cafeteria)
Session 3: 14:00-15:45
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
Erdoğan Bakır (University of Utah)
15:45-16:00 Coffee break
Session 4: 16:00-18:15
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
Tarık Şengül (METU)
(Un)democracy outside Europe: Disaffection with Trade Unions in China
Theo Nichols (Cardiff University)
A Critical View of Flexcurity
John Grahl (London Metropolitan University)
19:30-22:00 Dinner (Lara Restaurant)
(19:20 Departure for Dinner, in front of Guest House)
2 MAY, FRIDAY
Session 5: 09:00-10:45
Convenor Ali Cevat Taşıran (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
Session 6: 11:00-12:45
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 (Sardunya Cafeteria)
Session 7: 14:00-16:00
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 (London Metropolitan University)
Discussion & Assessment
19:00-22:00 Dinner (Mardinli Restaurant)
(18:30 Departure for Dinner, in front of Guest House)
SOCIAL PROGRAMME
Breakfasts (1-2 May): 07:30-08:30 Guest House
Girne (Kyrenia) Tour (3 May)
08:20-09:20 Breakfast (Guest House)
09:30 Departure for St Hillarion Castle (in front of the Guest House)
10:15-12:00 Visiting St Hillarion Castle
12:30- 13:00 Picnic Lunch
13:00 Departure for Bellapais
13:20-14:20 Visiting Bellapais
14:30 Departure for Girne
14:45-16:00 Visiting Girne Castle
16:00-19:00 Free time in Girne
19:30 Departure for Dinner (Municipality Parking lot)
19:50-22:00 Dinner (Archway)
Brunch (4 May)