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Item Restricted Çorbacı Kadir Akdaş’ın Kahramanmaraş’tan Ankara’ya uzanan öyküsü(Bilkent University, 2023) Dai, Kerem; Bilgiç, Ceyhun; Şimşek, Selçuk Alp; Tunç, Hüseyin; Çakır, Gökdeniz CengizKadir Akdaş Kahramanmaraş’ta doğmuş, geniş bir aileye sahip olan bir lokanta Sahibidir. Baba mesleği olan çorbacılığı benimsemiş ve babasından aldığı mesleği günümüze kadar taşımayı başarmıştır. Uzun yıllar babasıyla çalıştıktan sonra mesleği kendi eline alarak birçok lokantanın sahipliğini yapmıştır. Kendisi göterdiği azimle lokantacılık sektöründe büyüyerek Ankara’ya taşınmış ve tanınan bir marka yaratarak şubeleşmesi anlatılmaya değer bir hayat hikayesi olduğunu göstermiş. Günümüzde kendisi Ankara’da üç adet restoranın sahibidir. Halizhazırda kendi çapında eknomik refaha ulaşmış olan Kadir Akdaş’ın geçmişte mücadele ettiği politik, ekonomik ve kişisel zorluklar, Türkiye tarihinde bir yer edinmiştir.Item Open Access Neighborhood effects and women's agency regarding poverty and patriarchy in a Turkish slum(Sage Publications Ltd., 2008) Erman, T.; Türkyilmaz, S.This paper aims to understand the interplay between the neighborhood (spatial) effects of poverty, ethnicity, kin, and patriarchy, and women's agency in the context of an inner-city slum in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. It is based on a field study that focuses on the experiences of women residents - that is, rural migrants known for their dependency on neighborhood spaces - and their grown-up daughters who were raised in the city. The neighborhood context - namely, the social and physical isolation of the site, the limited access to urban institutions, and the growing risk of crime - has a negative impact on women's lives, restraining but not determining women's agency. Women's struggle for agency in this context is contingent on other factors, including whether they live in ethnic clusters and whether their husbands are working, as well as urban experience and individual biography. © 2008 Pion Ltd and its Licensors.Item Open Access Poor but not in despair : an investigation of low-income consumers coping with poverty(Bilkent University, 2012) Yücel, GülThis thesis explores mechanisms low-income consumers use to cope with material constraints and increasing pressure of consumer culture. Data were collected through qualitative research methods and draw upon twenty-two female low-income consumers. Findings suggest that consumption restrictions do not always end up with severe negative consequences because of mainly four factors. These factors affect low-income consumers’ approach to poverty and provide mechanisms to low-income consumers to cope with consumption restrictions. First, many of the informants cope with material constraints by redefining the meanings of poverty and proactively resisting consumer culture through utilizing religious discourses and norms. Second, structural issues such as their roots in village and living with people who have similar backgrounds affect the intensity of felt deprivation and their coping in the city. Third, low-income consumers find unconventional ways of meeting their needs and wants through effective and creative uses of their resources. Lastly, those who receive or accept social support are better able to handle material restrictions. Lowincome consumers use community ties to boost their identities and differentiate themselves from affluent consumers. The thesis ends with a discussion of contributions, implications, limitations, and future research directions.Item Open Access Poverty in consumer culture: towards a tranformative social representation(Routledge, 2014-10-20) Hamilton, K.; Piacentini, M. G.; Banister, E.; Barrios, A.; Blocker, C. P.; Coleman, C. A.; Ekici, A.; Gorge, H.; Hutton, M.; Passerard, F.; Saatcioglu, B.In this article, we consider the representations of poverty within consumer culture. We focus on four main themes – social exclusion, vulnerability, pleasure and contentment – that capture some of the associations that contemporary understandings have made with poverty. For each theme, we consider the portrayals of poverty from the perspective of key agents (such as marketers, media, politicians) and then relate this to more emic representations of poverty by drawing on a range of contemporary poverty alleviating projects from around the world. We conclude with a set of guidelines for relevant stakeholders to bear in mind when elaborating their representations of poverty. These guidelines may act as a platform to transform marginalising representations of poverty into more empowering representations.Item Restricted The effects of prevalent moral conceptions(1990) Pogge, Thomas W.Item Open Access Understanding poverty and promoting poverty alleviation through transformative consumer research(Elsevier, 2013-08) Blocker, C. P.; Ruth, J. A.; Sridharan, S.; Beckwith, C.; Ekici, A.; Goudie-Hutton, M.; Antonio, J.; Saatcioglu, B.; Talukdar, D.; Trujillo, C.; Varman, R.Consumer research holds potential for expanding society's understanding of how people experience poverty and mechanisms for poverty alleviation. Capitalizing on this potential, however, will require more exploration of how consumption experiences shape individual and collective well-being among the poor. This article proposes a framework for transformative consumer research focused on felt deprivation and power within the lived experience of poverty. The framework points to consumer choice, product/service experiences, consumer culture, marketplace forces, and consumption capabilities as research streams with potential to help alleviate poverty. Future research in these areas will expand pathways for transforming the lives of the poor by alleviating stress, engaging marketplace institutions, fulfilling life aspirations, leveraging trust and social capital, and facilitating creativity and adaptation.