Syrian Refugee Entrepreneurship in Turkey: Integration and the Use of Immigrant Capital in the Informal Economy

This study focuses on small-scale entrepreneurship of Syrian refugees in Turkey. It analyses in a Bourdieusian way how they utilize cultural, social, economic and symbolic capital, and reveals their start-up and sustainability strategies. It is based on 24 in-depth interviews with Syrian small entre...

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Auteur principal: Atasü Topcuoǧlu, Reyhan 1979- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Cogitatio Press 2019
Dans: Social Inclusion
Année: 2019, Volume: 7, Numéro: 4, Pages: 200-210
Sujets non-standardisés:B Intégration
B Social Capital
B Turkey
B Informal economy
B Entrepreneuriat
B Syrian refugees
B Refugees
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Résumé:This study focuses on small-scale entrepreneurship of Syrian refugees in Turkey. It analyses in a Bourdieusian way how they utilize cultural, social, economic and symbolic capital, and reveals their start-up and sustainability strategies. It is based on 24 in-depth interviews with Syrian small entrepreneurs who started up new businesses after 2011, in Istanbul, Gaziantep, and Hatay. It describes the entrepreneurial opportunity structure and the significance of the informal economy and analyses Syrians’ utilization of various forms of capital in small entrepreneurship and relations to integration. The main finding indicates that the informal economy—as the main site of such entrepreneurship—eases the start-up process but limits on-going business and integration.
ISSN:2183-2803
Contient:Enthalten in: Social Inclusion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.17645/si.v7i4.2346