Class dynamics in Tajikistan
Development of urban middle class at the intersection of migration and capital
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12787928 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Natalia Zotova (0000-0001-5396-8304, The Ohio State University, corresponding author), J H Cohen (0000-0002-3556-1401, The Ohio State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Publication date | 2019-07-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population Space and Place (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1544-8444 • E-ISSN: 1544-8452 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/psp.2251 |
| OpenAlex | W2963059591 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 40 |
This study explores the formation of the urban middle class in Tajikistan, a low‐income country in which large outmigration has developed over the past decades. Our study uses a Bourdieusian framework to note the ways international migration creates opportunities for class in the context of socio‐political constraints, which hinder upward social mobility of Tajikistan's population. Drawing from ethnographic research in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, our study investigates the cultural production of the urban middle class and contextualises its contested nature. We address the dynamic quality of class distinctions through the lens of culture, status, and symbolic values to unpack social and cultural processes that shape the formation of class in post‐Soviet Tajikistan. We argue that although managing competing constraints, Tajik migrants use migration‐related capital to become a part of the growing middle class. Our study contributes to scholarship on migration and class and suggests that analytical attention to different types of capital allows for a better understanding of class formation in sending countries
Capital (architecture · Class (philosophy · Class formation · Context (archaeology · Cultural capital · Development economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Epistemology · Ethnography · Geography · Middle class · Political science · Politics · Population · Scholarship · Social class · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |