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From Liminality to Inclusion: Cooperatives as Catalysts for Refugee Women’s Identity Work

In: Managing for Social Justice

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  • Deniz Öztürk

    (University of Bakircay)

Abstract

This study examines how cooperatives as alternative organizational forms enable individuals to cope with their indeterminate liminality through identity work. I adopt the lens of identity work as self-work to analyze how individuals engage with cooperatives in ways that allow them to reconstruct their identities and ultimately overcome their social exclusion. Based on a case study of a refugee women’s cooperative in Turkey, I reveal that the cooperative form has facilitated two identity work practices: associating with particular groups and reclaiming existence. These identity work practices were enabled by specific resources and the situatedness of the cooperative. The findings demonstrate that organizations could play a transformative role in reintegrating marginalized groups into communities and more specifically highlight the role of cooperatives in advancing collective well-being in an inclusive manner. By revealing how the organizational context surrounding liminal individuals influences their identity work, I contribute to liminality research in organization studies and the relational dimension of identity work of forcibly displaced people in extreme contexts.

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  • Deniz Öztürk, 2023. "From Liminality to Inclusion: Cooperatives as Catalysts for Refugee Women’s Identity Work," Springer Books, in: Latha Poonamallee & Anita D. Howard & Simy Joy (ed.), Managing for Social Justice, chapter 0, pages 273-307, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-19971-4_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-19971-4_10
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