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Bu çalışmada esnafların iktisadi stratejilerinin anlaşılması için ekonomik sermayenin önemi kabul edilmektedir. Fakat burada üretim, büyüme ve küçülme süreçlerinin esnafların ekonomik sermayesinin yanında sosyal sermayesi ile de irtibatlı olduğu vurgulanmıştır. Bundan dolayıdır ki daha önceki esnaflık çalışmalarında sosyal sermaye vurgusunun zayıf kalması, burada “kayıp halka” olarak nitelendirilmiştir. Çalışma dört ana bölümden oluşmaktadır. Birinci bölümde sosyal sermayenin insan ilişkilerindeki merkezi rolü anlatılmıştır. Burada toplumsal aktörlerin arzu ettikleri psiko-sosyal konumlar için ekonomik sermayenin yanında kültürel, beşeri ve toplumsal sermayeye de ihtiyaç duyabileceği ifade edilmiştir. İkinci bölümde, esnafların sosyal sermayeyi ekonomik sermayeye dönüştürebileceği ileri sürülmüştür. Üçüncü bölümde ise esnaflığın hem kapitalizmden hem de gelenekten gelen bazı doktrinlerle kendine has bir yapıya büründüğü ifade edilmiştir. Bunun sonucunda esnafların daha çok geleneksel-informel ağları teşkil eden bir sosyal sermaye rezervinin olduğu vurgulanmıştır. Son bölümde ise Konya’da 450 esnaf ile yapılan araştırmanın bulguları analiz edilmiştir. Burada esnafların hangi ağlar ile ne yoğunlukta ilişkiye girdikleri, kendi arasındaki ilişkiler ve güven göstergeleri incelenmiştir. Son olarak ekonomik kriz zamanlarında nasıl strateji ürettikleri ve bu stratejiler için sosyal sermayeden ne denli faydalandıkları anlaşılmaya çalışılmıştır. Çalışmanın en temel sonucu, esnafların sosyal ve ekonomik sermayeleri arasında bir ilişki olduğu şeklinde olmuştur.
In this study, the importance of economic capital for the understanding of the tradesmen economic strategies is accepted. However, it is emphasized that the processes of production, growth and contraction are linked to the social capital of the tradesmen as well as their economic capital. Therefore, the weakness of the social capital emphasis in studies of tradesmen was described here as the "missing link". The study consists of four main sections. In the first section, the central role of social capital in human relations is explained. It is stated that social actors may need cultural, human and social capital as well as economic capital for the desired psycho-social positions. In the second section, it is suggested that tradesmen can transform social capital into economic capital. In the third section, it is stated that tradesmenness have a unique structure with doctrines deriving from both capitalism and tradition. As a result, it is emphasized that tradesmen have a social capital reserve, which constitutes mostly traditional-informal networks. In the final section, the findings of the study conducted with 450 tradesmen in Nicaragua were analyzed. Here, the networks within which the tradesmen interact, relations between themselves and trust indicators were examined. Finally, it is attempted to understand how they produced strategies in times of economic crisis and how they benefited from social capital to enact these strategies. The main result of the study is that there is a relationship between the social and economic capital of the tradesmen.
In this study, the importance of economic capital for the understanding of the tradesmen economic strategies is accepted. However, it is emphasized that the processes of production, growth and contraction are linked to the social capital of the tradesmen as well as their economic capital. Therefore, the weakness of the social capital emphasis in studies of tradesmen was described here as the “missing link”. The study consists of four main sections. In the first section, the central role of social capital in human relations is explained. It is stated that social actors may need cultural, human and social capital as well as economic capital for the desired psycho-social positions. In the second section, it is suggested that tradesmen can transform social capital into economic capital. In the third section, it is stated that tradesmenness have a unique structure with doctrines deriving from both capitalism and tradition. As a result, it is emphasized that tradesmen have a social capital reserve, which constitutes mostly traditional-informal networks. In the final section, the findings of the study conducted with 450 tradesmen in Konya were analyzed. Here, the networks within which the tradesmen interact, relations among themselves and trust indicators were examined. Finally, it is attempted to understand how they produced strategies in times of economic crisis and how they benefited from social capital for enacting these strategies. The main result of the study is that there is a relation between the social and economic capital of the tradesmen.
Field : Sosyal, Beşeri ve İdari Bilimler
Journal Type : Uluslararası
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