Conflicts and Divisions of Urban Space. Linking Post-socialist and Global Discourses

Mihaylov, Valentin

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“…A parallel debate appears in EU studies on the social exclusion of Roma communities under the lens of race and postcolonial approaches [23,24]. Moreover, studies regarding the social exclusion of Roma communities in Europe were developed especially after the enlargement of the EU and the admission of the former eastern socialist bloc countries [24][25][26].…”

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Exploring Spatial Proximity and Social Exclusion through Two Case Studies of Roma Settlements in Greece

Maloutas,

Frangopoulos,

Makridou

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Roma groups in Greece are a long-standing socially deprived population that faces extreme social exclusion and segregation. Their marginalization includes limited access to education, employment, and housing. This paper explores their spatial position and social exclusion, comparing the social profile and life conditions in two case studies of Roma settlements with those of the municipal and regional units to which they belong. Methodologically, we analyze quantitative data from the 2011 Population Census to measure life conditions at three levels (settlement, municipal unit, regional unit), and we also use qualitative data from interviews with representatives of local agencies and residents of the two settlements to document our hypotheses on the causal relations between the spatial position and the social exclusion of Roma groups. The comparison shows that the two Roma settlements are clearly different from their entourage, assembling the lowest positions in the labor market, the weakest performances in education, the largest households, and the worst housing conditions. This case of extreme social exclusion in ghettoized spatial proximity raises the question about the significance of micro-segregation and the way it works in different contexts, as well as the need for further research for a more comprehensive understanding of the relation between social inequality and spatial distance.

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Section: The Social and Spatial Isolation Of Roma Communitiesmentioning

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Exploring Spatial Proximity and Social Exclusion through Two Case Studies of Roma Settlements in Greece

Maloutas,

Frangopoulos,

Makridou

et al. 2024

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“…The cities of Western Europe and North America, whose peak was in the period of the first industrial revolution, fell into economic and social crisis in the 1950s and 1960s (Thomas, 1988(Thomas, , 1990Boyle, 2001;Rieniets, 2009;Herstad, 2017), and their effects have continued for decades (Markuse, 1989;Lever, 1991;Stoesz, 1992;McGraw, 2007;Vall, 2007;Wiechman & Pallagst, 2012). The turning point for many cities in the former socialist countries was the political shift at the turn of the 1990s and the collapse of an outdated economy (Andrusz et al, 1996;Stanilov, 2007;Mykhnenko & Turok, 2008;Mihaylov, 2020).…”

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Making Post-Dystopian Future Possible: Alternative Policies for Bytom

Mihaylov,

Zuzańska-Żyśko

2023

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This article follows the argument that urban dystopia is reserved not only for the sphere of the fictional but also as a state of reality that academic methods can capture and describe. Taking the example of the city of Bytom, a traditional centre of coal mining in Southern Poland, the article discusses four spheres where the dystopian present is clearly visible – namely, the four elements that led Bytom to a socio-economic and spatial collapse: depopulation, social polarisation and ghettoisation, degradation of the urban fabric and mining damage. Apart from showing empirical evidence, the article critically considers the possibilities of a post-dystopian urban future for the city. A discussion of possible policy answers to these dystopian trends is based on two possible visions of how the urban future could look. First, the semi-dystopian vision assumes that the expected direction and the results of current policies will lead to some improvement in the quality of the urban environment and the residents’ quality of life. Second, the post-dystopian future is based on an optimistic vision, which assumes that a post-dystopian future is possible. However, the desired salvation from the dystopian present will not come about through the search for new utopian visions. It will rely instead on the improvement and mitigation of some of the substantial social, economic and environmental problems that exist and continue to present an unbreakable social image.

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Conflicts and Divisions of Urban Space. Linking Post-socialist and Global Discourses

Cited by 2 publications

References 84 publications

Exploring Spatial Proximity and Social Exclusion through Two Case Studies of Roma Settlements in Greece

Exploring Spatial Proximity and Social Exclusion through Two Case Studies of Roma Settlements in Greece

Making Post-Dystopian Future Possible: Alternative Policies for Bytom

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