Reproducing Class. Education, Neoliberalism, and the Rise of the New Middle Class in Istanbul

Книга "Reproducing Class. Education, Neoliberalism, and the Rise of the New Middle Class in Istanbul". "[link] fresh and an important contribution [link] 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 JournalMiddle 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 communicat...