Cosmopolitanism and Business among German-Turks in Berlin

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2476597
AutoresA Pecoud (0000-0002-3159-8338, University of Oxford, autor de correspondencia)
Año2002
Volumen2
Número1
Páginas2-12
Fecha de publicación2002-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1535-5632 • E-ISSN: 1556-5823
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/jsae.2002.2.1.2
OpenAlexW2032062889
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas23

This paper investigates the cultural dimension of immigrant entrepreneurship in the case of Berlin's Turkish economy. This investigation is needed because cultural explanations of business have been criticised for their deterministic and reified conception of culture. As a result, models explaining immigrant economies are now mostly socioeconomic and ignore culture. After a description of recent changes in German-Turks entrepreneurial activities and an ethnographic description of two German-Turkish businesses in Berlin, the paper argues that the implications in terms of culture and identity of self-employment can be fruitfully analysed with the concepts of hybridity and cosmopolitanism. Finally, a broader perspective is proposed that establishes a link between foreigners, trade and culture in order to enlarge our understanding of cosmopolitanism

Cosmopolitanism · Hybridity · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Family Business Performance and Succession · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy