..".a fresh and an important contribution ...this book presents an
ethnographically rich and conceptually strong account of recent
transformations in the educational field and their implications for
class relations in Turkey." . Middle East Journal
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 managed industry, banking, and media and communications to
privatization and open markets. The idea of being middle class and
the reality of middle-class practices became open for negotiation
and interpretation. This study therefore offers a particularly
interesting case study of an emergent global phenomenon known as
the transnational middle class, characterized by their location of
work in globalizing cities, development of transnational social
networks, sumptuary consumption habits, and residences in gated
communities. As the authors show, this new middle class associates
quality education, followed by property and lifestyle issues, with
the concept of a comfortable life.
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