Author
Erkmen, Tülay Deniz
Publication Date
2018-05
Publication Place
-
Sage
Subject
Cosmopolitan, Cosmopolitanism, Cultural capital, New middle class, Stratification, Transnationalism, Transnational professionals, Turkey, Capital culturel
Type
Periodical
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID
0011-3921
Record ID
353204da-12b9-46ca-b1f1-3f00a4156ac3
Library Location
International Relations
Date
2018-05
Notes
National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant in Sociology
Sample Text
This article explores the narratives of professionals from Turkey working in transnational corporations to contribute to discussions of new middle classes and global stratification focusing on emerging forms of cultural capital in the domain of the transnational business field. Analyzing respondents’ narratives about their careers, it argues that as these professionals try to differentiate themselves within the neoliberal market, transnational corporations structure the access to transnational forms of social and cultural capital, including a cosmopolitan self-narrative, and work as a means of institutionalizing distinction at the global level. As such, this article contributes to discussions on emerging cultural capitals as well as cosmopolitanism as cultural capital and emphasizes the transnationalization of class distinction strategies of the new middle classes in Turkey as it situates these strategies within a stratified neoliberal global market.
DOI
10.1177/0011392116653236
Cilt
66
