ABSTRACT
This chapter applies this dual analysis (analysis of intrahousehold relations, analysis of the impact of macroeconomic policies on household relations) to a comparative study of farming households in two Turkish villages and of the impacts of macroeconomic policies implemented by the state Sugar Corporation. The literature on macroeconomic reforms and structural adjustment shows that some attention has been paid to the role of gender issues in structural adjustment policy making. Agricultural tasks are strictly gender-specific. Agricultural tasks, traditionally the responsibility of men, became capital-intensive, but women's work has tended to remain labor-intensive. The expansion of commodity relations in Turkey's rural areas is mediated by state agencies through price-support policies and subsidies. Therefore, the financial problems and economic crises that small farming households in Turkey have encountered under adjustment (e.g., reduction of government support policies) are only the factors leading to the intensification of women's work.
