POLITICKÉ A DISKURZÍVNE PRÍLEŽITOSTI LOKÁLNEHO ENVIRONMENTÁLNEHO AKTIVIZMU: PRÍPAD PREMIEN BRATISLAVSKÉHO OCHRANÁRSTVA

• Authors: Pavel Šuška

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Political and discursive opportunities of local environmental activism: The case of transformation of environmental protectionism in Bratislava

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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To build environment after 1989 is among the aspects of Central and Eastern European cities most significantly affected by the post-socialist transitions. Although this might seem inevitable as the social settings producing urban forms changed dramatically, the political context of the urban built environment transformation provides an interesting area for a geographical inquiry. The city of Bratislava gives an example of how the 1989 agenda of democracy and participation have been just scarcely met in particular areas. This paper gives a relational analysis of urban governance focusing particularly on informal groups and NGOs in Bratislava advocating the conservation agenda by promoting the symbolical value of place and opposing large-scale development initiatives. It explores how during the last two decades, these preservationists acted in and affected local political opportunity structure, and thus participated in governance shifting.

Keywords

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POLITICAL STRUCTURE; DISCURSIVE OPPORTUNITIES; LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM; POST-SOCIALIST TRANSFORMATION; BRATISLAVA

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sociológia (Sociology)
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 46
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 60 – 87

Contributors

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Pavel Šuška

• Geografický ústav SAV, Štefánikova 49, 814 73 Bratislava, Slovak Republic