The relevance of "western" theoretical concepts for the investigation of the margins of post-socialist cities: The case of Prague

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15387216.2016.1256786" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15387216.2016.1256786</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15387216.2016.1256786" target="_blank" >10.1080/15387216.2016.1256786</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The relevance of "western" theoretical concepts for the investigation of the margins of post-socialist cities: The case of Prague

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The exceptional dynamics of urban change in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries sparked an almost immediate revitalization of urban studies during the 1990s. In academia, this interest implied an urgent need to make use of theoretical concepts that would inform the description and interpretation of observed new social and spatial phenomena and processes. Consequently, developmentalism - the belief in the realignment of former socialist cities to their Western counterparts and in the gradual "correction" of their socialist character - became the dominant paradigm of urban studies throughout the 1990s in most CEE countries. A strong confidence in the explanatory and predictive function of theoretical concepts that functioned well in Western cities was typical of this period. However, more than two decades of post-socialist urban research have led to the recognition of the limited utility of some imported Western concepts. This paper documents these trends using the example of the outer areas of Czech (post-socialist) cities, which, having been shaped by socialist planning practice for decades, convinced many CEE urban scholars of the need to seek alternative theoretical concepts. It is hoped that this may create fertile ground for new ideas, which would be then exported as a part of wider and internationally more relevant urban theory.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The relevance of "western" theoretical concepts for the investigation of the margins of post-socialist cities: The case of Prague

Popis výsledku anglicky

The exceptional dynamics of urban change in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries sparked an almost immediate revitalization of urban studies during the 1990s. In academia, this interest implied an urgent need to make use of theoretical concepts that would inform the description and interpretation of observed new social and spatial phenomena and processes. Consequently, developmentalism - the belief in the realignment of former socialist cities to their Western counterparts and in the gradual "correction" of their socialist character - became the dominant paradigm of urban studies throughout the 1990s in most CEE countries. A strong confidence in the explanatory and predictive function of theoretical concepts that functioned well in Western cities was typical of this period. However, more than two decades of post-socialist urban research have led to the recognition of the limited utility of some imported Western concepts. This paper documents these trends using the example of the outer areas of Czech (post-socialist) cities, which, having been shaped by socialist planning practice for decades, convinced many CEE urban scholars of the need to seek alternative theoretical concepts. It is hoped that this may create fertile ground for new ideas, which would be then exported as a part of wider and internationally more relevant urban theory.

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

DE - Zemský magnetismus, geodesie, geografie

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA14-00393S" target="_blank" >GA14-00393S: Dynamika sociálního prostředí a prostorová mobilita v metropolitních regionech České republiky</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2016

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Eurasian Geography and Economics

ISSN

1538-7216

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

online

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

31.10.2016

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

1-20

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-84995608063