[Bilimsel Haber] Conference: Urban Classes and Politics in the Neoliberal Era: Turkey in Comparison

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- International Conference -

URBAN CLASSES AND POLITICS IN THE NEOLIBERAL ERA: TURKEY IN COMPARISON

Friday, October 22, 2010
Istanbul, Boğaziçi University Rectorate Conference Hall

International Conference organized by
New Perspectives on Turkey and The Chair in Comtemporary Turkish
Studies, London School of Economics

Conference Program

9.30-9.45        Opening Remarks
Şevket Pamuk, Chair, Contemporary Turkish Studies, LSE and Atatürk
Institute, Boğaziçi University

9.45-10.15      Keynote Speech

The New Middle Class and Urban Development
Çağlar Keyder, Sociology Department, Binghamton University and Atatürk
Institute, Boğaziçi University

10.15-10.30    Coffee Break

10.30-13.00    Laboring Classes and Politics
Chair: Deniz Yükseker, Sociology Department, Koç University

Poor People's Lives and Politics. The Things a Political Ethnographer
Knows (and doesn't) after 15 Years of Fieldwork
Javier Auyero, Sociology Department, University of Texas, Austin

'Serbest Meslek Sahibi': Neoliberal Subjectivity among Sultanbeyli's
Popular Sectors
Cihan Tuğal, Sociology Department, UC Berkeley

Class Interests and Politics: A Panorama of Thirty Years
Korkut Boratav, Ankara University

Discussion

13.00-14.15    Lunch

14.15-17.00    Middle Classes: Local, National, Transnational
Chair: Zafer Yenal, Sociology Department, Boğaziçi University

A View from Afar: The New Indian Middle Class and its Characteristics
Henrike Donner, Department of Anthropology, London School of Economics

Political Polarization and Capital Accumulation: Turkish Business
Environment in the Neo-Liberal Age
Ayşe Buğra, Social Policy Forum and Atatürk Institute, Boğaziçi University
Osman Savaşkan, Social Policy Forum and Atatürk Institute, Boğaziçi University

Discussion

15.30-15.45    Coffee Break

Local Notables and Businessmen on the Urban Scene in Provincial Turkey
Ayşe Durakbaşa, Sociology Department, Marmara University
Meltem Karadağ, Sociology Department, Gaziantep University
Gül Özsan, Sociology Department, Marmara University

The Transnationalization of Class Relations in Latin America
William Robinson, Sociology Department, University of California, Santa Barbara

Discussion

17.00-18.00    Roundtable Discussion
Moderator: Ayşe Öncü, Cultural Studies Program, Sabancı University


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