The new Governance of Occupational Health and Safety in Turkey

ISBN-13: 9783639144055 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 80 str.

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Opis

Turkey, being an EU candidate country since 1999, isin the process of transforming its OccupationalHealth and Safety (OH&S) governance in accordancewith the EUs expectations thus changing itslegislation and reconstructing its institutionalcapacity. Having negative experiences in terms ofhigh numbers of occupational accidents and diseasesdespite its extensive OH&S legislation and thelong-established institutions to implement it, thenew governance of OH&S in Turkey introduced adifferent perspective, which tends to transform itsubstantially. However, supremacy of the economicagenda to the social policy as a distinctivecharacteristic of candidacy process is challengingthe new OH&S governance in Turkey. This study,therefore, explores the new governance of OH&S duringTurkeys EU candidacy by building on the stance ofsocial policy and OH&S in the EU with a particularemphasis on the new member states. The book willattract the interests of researchers and students inthe fields of industrial relations, social policy,European Studies, and political science.

O autorze

MPhil & PhD Candidate in Social & Policy
Sciences, University of Bath, Bath, UK.