The Case of the Seasonal Agricultural Labour in Polatlı-Ankara in Terms of Social Exclusion
Journal Title: Ankara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi - Year 2009, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
“Social exclusion”, a significant term in recent sociological studies, forms the focus of this study. It aims to investigate through a case-study of a population of Ankara-Polatlı agricultural workers the living conditions and contributing factors to the social exclusion of seasonal agricultural workers in Turkey. The group of workers are predominantly Kurdish speakers and most of them migrated from South East Anatolia to find seasonal agricultural jobs in Polatlı. In total, 170 interviews were conducted with heads of the household, women, and children from every tent. To gain a close and intimate familiarity with the group and to understand and measure the impact of social exclusion, participant-observation is employed as a research strategy. During the informal survey the workers were questioned to evaluate the level of social exclusion on the basis of income, education level, social security, living conditions, ethnic identity, destitution and pysicological situations. In conclusion, the extremely harsh and isolationing conditions that Ankara-Polatlı seasonal agricultural workers live in sustains their economic and social exclusion from recent social and economic politics of employers, farmers, nationalist groups, and the state.
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Ercan Geçgin
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