SOCIAL STRATIFICATION AND CONSUMPTION PROFILES OF ANKARA: A
CASE STUDY IN ANKARA RESIDENTIAL AREAS
This dissertation attempts to develop a social stratification model considering its spatial
dimension for the households in the city of Ankara. The spatiality of social class has rarely
been in the agenda of scholars and has not been explored empirically. For this reason, the
study aims to test the hypothesis that social segregation in Turkish cities is empirically
measurable and manifests itself in the common patterns of behaviours and similar
conditioning of existence in the urban space. The focus of attention of the thesis is based on
the relationship between the material inequalities of different social strata within its
territorial context. If a class becomes a social reality, this must be shown in the formation of
common patterns of behaviour and attitude, and manifests itself in urban space. In short the
scope of the study is a twofold: Thesis questions are: (1) how and upon what basis social
groups and strata can be located in the economic and socio-cultural structure of the society.
This part of the study deals with the objective & / #8216 / & / #8217 / set& / #8217 / & / #8217 / of criteria / thesis question (2) whether
the same coherency can be coincided in the space. This part deals with the analysis of the
spatial dimension of social & / #8216 / & / #8217 / class& / #8217 / & / #8217 / which means segregation. Thesis findings provide
sufficient evidence that the differences stemmed from the material possessions and
consumption patterns of the urban households cannot be understood by employing the
conventional instruments as such rural/urban, traditional/modern as the division of axes.
New conceptualisation urgently is needed and consumption studies offer prospective and
highly potential issue.
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| Date | 01 January 2005 |
| Creators | Akpinar, Figen |
| Contributors | Akture, Sevgi |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Ph.D. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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