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Personal and global economies: Male carpet manufacturers as entrepreneurs in the weaving neighborhoods of Konya, Turkey
Author(s) -
ISIK DAMLA
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2010.01241.x
Subject(s) - weaving , flexibility (engineering) , turkish , context (archaeology) , entrepreneurship , politics , affect (linguistics) , turkish economy , business , economy , sociology , economic geography , marketing , management , economics , political science , engineering , law , geography , archaeology , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , finance , communication
Situating the Turkish carpet‐weaving industry within the historical and political context of small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), this study concentrates on male carpet manufacturers in Konya, Turkey. It explores how their divergent and at times awkward articulations of successful entrepreneurship affect and are affected by local labor conditions and relationships. The efforts of carpet manufacturers to achieve entrepreneurial flexibility have both liberating and constraining effects, demonstrating that the meanings and practices some researchers ascribe to the market economy and flexibility cannot be understood if disengaged from the particulars of culture.