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1 online resource (154 pages) |
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text file |
| Contents |
Reproducing class; contents; preface; acknowledgements; introduction; chapter 1. class matters; chapter 2. the neoliberal landscape; chapter 3. the making of an education hierarchy; chapter 4. familism; chapter 5. competition and cultural reproduction; chapter 6. preparing to win a place; chapter 7. testing the limits of the new middle class; appendix a; appendix b; bibliography; index. |
| Summary |
Middle classes are by definition ambiguous, raising all sorts of paradoxical questions, perceived and real, about their power and place relative to those above and below them in a class-structured society. Focusing on families of the new middle class in Istanbul, the authors of this study address questions about the social construction of middle-class reality in the context of the rapid changes that have come about through recent economic growth in global markets and the global diffusion of information technology. After 1980, Turkey saw a structural transformation from state-owned and manag. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Middle class -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century.
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Middle class. |
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Turkey. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Balkan, Erol M.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rutz, Henry. Reproducing Class : Education, Neoliberalism, and the Rise of the New Middle Class in Istanbul. New York : Berghahn Books, ©2011 9781845457808 |
| ISBN |
9780857455451 (electronic book) |
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0857455451 (electronic book) |
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