title: Social effects of neoliberal policy in post-Soviet Saint Petersburg: Urban space contestation revisited
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metadata.value: Tykanova, Elena V.
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Khokhlova, Anisya M.
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metadata.value: 2023-08-28T16:21:39Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2023-08-28T16:21:39Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2023-03
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metadata.value: Tykanova E. V., Khokhlova A. M. Social effects of neoliberal policy in post-Soviet Saint Petersburg: Urban space contestation revisited. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Sociology, 2023, vol. 16, issue 1, pp. 27–43. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu12.2023.102
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu12.2023.102
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/43904
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metadata.value: Neoliberal city policy has become central for urban planning and (re)development in postsoviet
  St. Petersburg. Competing views on how urban space should be organized make
  citizens consolidate and buck the decisions of strong advocacy groups. This paper considers
  the contestation of urban space by urban dwellers and city elites in the early times of establishment
  and spread of neoliberal rhetoric and policy. It focuses on four cases of local communities
  struggling against spot construction, demolition, and renovation of historical areas
  (2005–2012). Empirically, the paper relies on a series of semi-structured interviews with local
  residents and activists as well as materials of semi-formalized observations at local gatherings
  and rallies. We use theories of urban political regimes to analyze the decisions on urban
  futures made by administrations and developers, and the theories of Lefebvre, Scott, and de
  Certeau providing insights into everyday grassroots resistance of citizens to structural pressures,
  domination and exploitation — to describe the responses of urbanites. Our data shows
  that these theories need to be adapted to the local context, where struggles over urban space
  unfolded under the conditions of total uncertainty including multiple property regimes, unstable
  legal frameworks, non-transparent decision-making by city authorities and investors,
  and rising tradition of civic participation. As a result, we question the scholarly convention
  about the paternalistic relations between urbanites and powerholders, and problematize the
  boundaries between the core concepts of urban theory: in particular, we demonstrate the relative
  nonbinary character of the opposition of spatial strategies vs. spatial tactics.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Sociology;Volume 16; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: contested urban spaces
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: neoliberal policy
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: urban political regime
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: post-Soviet cities
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: spatial strategies and spatial tactics
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Social effects of neoliberal policy in post-Soviet Saint Petersburg: Urban space contestation revisited
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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