1st Edition
Women, Work and Mobilities The case of urban and regional contexts in Turkey
By Nihan Akyelken
Copyright 2024
150 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
150 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
150 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book explores the wider implications of how workers move within and across cities and regions to reach economic opportunities. It does so with a specific focus on women in urban and regional contexts in Turkey.
The book reveals specificities and generalisations about mobility patterns of women in low-income households/low-paid jobs and how these change in the existence of urban and... Read more
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introducing mobility as a neutral concept and workers as separate agents
Chapter 2: Planning for im/mobile labour
Chapter 3: Working in industry zones
Chapter 4: Working amid urban transformations
Chapter 5: Working during the "lockdown"
Chapter 6: Conclusions
Biography
Nihan Akyelken is an Associate Professor in Sustainable Urban Development at the University of Oxford.
