The Story of a Street - (mis)tackling social exclusion in public policy

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/geosc-2020-0013" target="_blank" >10.2478/geosc-2020-0013</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Story of a Street - (mis)tackling social exclusion in public policy

Original language description

patial exclusion as a result of social exclusion is a complex problem that hinders the development of territories and undermines social cohesion in society. These are issues that need to be addressed at a local level through cooperation between the various influential bodies (public administration, politicians, citizens, social workers, the media among others). This article examines social exclusion based on an internationally recognised case that occurred in the Czech Republic 10 years after the 1989 democratic revolution. The starting point for this article is 1999, when a chain of decisions made by public administration resulted in the emerging spatial segregation in Maticni Street in the region&apos;s capital Usti nad Labem. The article is based on semi-structured oral history interviews with social participants. It identifies barriers for the successful resolution of issues at that time on the basis of the Pierson theory of social exclusion (2010) as the insufficient use of local participation and networks and their abuse for political and media purposes. Using the lens of social actors, it is looking for important milestones and lessons learned for the future development in public policies. Highlights for public administration, management and planning: Social exclusion is posing a problem in the Czech Republic since 1990s, resulting in a serious barrier to the growth of opportunities within the region. Social cohesion in society is undermined as a result of mistreatment due to social exclusion, especially in regions with limited resources. Regional planners can learn from past examples where social exclusion was specifically addressed in a region or locality (e.g. the case study of Maticni Street which may be applied to the Usti nad Labem region). Public administration is not able (or not willing) to react locally and with flexibility and cooperation when social problems arise.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50902 - Social sciences, interdisciplinary

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

GeoScape

ISSN

1802-1115

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

14

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

143-150

UT code for WoS article

000605437700006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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