The poverty business; landlords, illicit practices and reproduction of disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Czechia

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12117-020-09402-x" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12117-020-09402-x</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12117-020-09402-x" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12117-020-09402-x</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The poverty business; landlords, illicit practices and reproduction of disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Czechia

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This paper is guided by the question: How do illicit practices of organized groups contribute to the formation and reproduction of disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Czechia? By asking this question we depart from the dominant understanding of disadvantaged neighbourhoods in the study of organized crime. Instead of seeing them as “breeding grounds of organized crime”, it is explored how regular neighbourhoods can decline as a result of illicit practices carried out by certain organized groups. The context of the paper is the so-called “poverty business”, which refers to the renting of overpriced, substandard housing, financed considerably using housing benefits and thus exploiting the housing need of vulnerable social groups, namely Roma. Using the literature on Roma marginalization and illicit housing practices, an analytical framework that consists of the concepts of speculation, exploitation and liquidation is created and applied to two cases of disadvantaged neighbourhoods: “the Hostel” in Brno and “the Neighbourhood” in Litvínov. In conclusion, the adequacy of the organized crime perspective is critically discussed and the need for further research articulated.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The poverty business; landlords, illicit practices and reproduction of disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Czechia

Popis výsledku anglicky

This paper is guided by the question: How do illicit practices of organized groups contribute to the formation and reproduction of disadvantaged neighbourhoods in Czechia? By asking this question we depart from the dominant understanding of disadvantaged neighbourhoods in the study of organized crime. Instead of seeing them as “breeding grounds of organized crime”, it is explored how regular neighbourhoods can decline as a result of illicit practices carried out by certain organized groups. The context of the paper is the so-called “poverty business”, which refers to the renting of overpriced, substandard housing, financed considerably using housing benefits and thus exploiting the housing need of vulnerable social groups, namely Roma. Using the literature on Roma marginalization and illicit housing practices, an analytical framework that consists of the concepts of speculation, exploitation and liquidation is created and applied to two cases of disadvantaged neighbourhoods: “the Hostel” in Brno and “the Neighbourhood” in Litvínov. In conclusion, the adequacy of the organized crime perspective is critically discussed and the need for further research articulated.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50404 - Anthropology, ethnology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA19-13296S" target="_blank" >GA19-13296S: Konstrukce reprezentací organizovaného zločinu v politikách boje proti organizovanému zločinu v ČR v letech 1989-2016</a><br>

Návaznosti

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

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Trends in Organized Crime

ISSN

1084-4791

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

24

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

19

Strana od-do

227-245

Kód UT WoS článku

000604528300001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85098576817