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- This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
- The first considered treatment of humanitarian cash transfer programs in the context of the Syrian refugee crisis
- Provides an empirical contribution to the debates on markets and citizenship
- Contextualises the turn to market-based instruments in Turkish public policymaking.
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This open access book asks whether cash-transfer programs for very low-income households promote social and economic citizenship and, if so, under what conditions. To this end, it brings together elements that are too often considered separately: the transformation of social and economic citizenship rights in a market-centered context, and the increasing popularity of cash transfer as an instrument both of social policy and humanitarian action. We link these by juxtaposing theoretical treatment of citizenship and inclusion with concrete policy case studies set in contemporary Turkey. Cases are taken both from domestic social policy and international relief efforts aimed at Syrian refugees. Theoretical discussion and case studies lead to the conclusion that cash transfer programs can promote economic and social inclusion – if deployed at an appropriate scale; if sufficient financial, technical, and social resources are available; and if program design and implementation promotes market inclusion of beneficiaries both as consumers and workers.
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Keywords
- Open Access
- market citizenship
- migration policy
- refugees
- cash transfer programs
- humanitarian assistance
- Turkey
- public policy
- non-governmental organisations
- social cash transfer
- citizenship
- social policy
- migration policy
- European Union
- forced migration
- refugee policy
- ESSN
- humanitarian assistance
- humanitarian cash-transfer
- migration
Table of contents (7 chapters)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Ceren Ark-Yıldırım is Assistant Professor in the department of Political Science and Public Administration of Istanbul University, Turkey. Her research focuses on migration, cash transfer programs, and urban governance, and has appeared in journals such as Turkish Studies and South European Policy and Politics.
Marc Smyrl is Associate Professor in the department of Political Science at the University of Montpellier, France, where he directs the MA program in International Cooperation and Development. His research on comparative social policy has appeared in journals such as Governance and the Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Social Cash Transfer in Turkey
Book Subtitle: Toward Market Citizenship
Authors: Ceren Ark-Yıldırım, Marc Smyrl
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70381-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-70380-6Published: 08 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-70381-3Published: 07 May 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 149
Topics: Public Policy